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NSW to legalise e-scooters on paths and roads up to 20km/h for those over 16 (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by conorab@lemmy.conorab.com to c/sydney@aussie.zone

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This seems like a sensible but odd carveout. The law is essentially legalising e-scooters on shared paths, and bike lanes on roads with no more than 20km/h. The proposition does not allow them on footpaths, which you’d think would be the most relevant place. Personally, I’m surprised they wouldn’t allow them on footpaths but no more than 5 km/h in heavy pedestrian areas (anywhere a car would have to do 40 km/h or less), especially since you could potentially require shared e-scooters to enforce this speed with GPS.

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It always made me laugh how many escooters I already see around the local suburbs. Though, apparently they were/are illegal.

Seem like a good,.portable transportation option that can help with the 'last mile' problem.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

They are good for multi-modal transport in particular, since you still can't take bikes on buses (at least not in NSW). Hopefully that will change in the future, too.