?? The aftermath of the Paris vote

One week after the vote to ban scooters in Paris, we're providing a digest of the most insightful articles on the potential consequences:

• This opinion piece by?The Washington Post outlines both sides of the debate with anecdotes and a witty rhetoric?
• Voi's Managing Director chimes in with a?compassionate reflection?on the situation, stating that this is but a bump in the road, and that shared scooters will be back in the city one day
• Dott's CEO voices his concerns in this?Financial Times article
• Drover AI's co-founder gives?industry recommendations?for operators to consider before they launch in cities, using Paris as a how-not-to approach
• TIER's Public Policy Director?critiques the referendum?and why the city will not act as a role model for others in Europe
• Industry expert Ross Ringham provides insight into the 'noisy minority' which led to the?outcome of the vote

???Big year for bikes

As expected, bike ridership grew again in 2022—up 34% from 2021 levels.

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We witnessed?a 118% expansion in dockless bike fleets, and the steady growth of docked, public bike services.?

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Discover why, when it comes to ridership,?nothing can outperform station based bikes?(page 22).?

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Launches and expansions

Gowtu?| LEVs

Launch in?Amsterdam (NL)

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Velospot?| Bikes

Launch in?Sion and Sierre (CH)

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Pauses and exits?

Avocargo?| Cargo bikes

Operations will cease in?Berlin and Munich (DE)

City updates

Brussels (BE)?|?Mobility Minister, Elke Van den Brandt, says city?will not ban shared scooters?in the wake of the Paris vote.

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Hanover (DE)?|?Voi?successfully?rescues scooters from Mittelland canal.?

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Budapest (HU)?|?TIER?partners with Budapest Transport Centre?to elevate mobility as a service (MaaS)?by offering bonus package on the BudapestGO app.?

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Industry news

Avocargo, the German cargo bike operator, will?cease operations?after they were unable to find the right partner.

hop?and?PTT Technology?partner to create?Turkey's first domestic and national MaaS platform?TRota.

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Voi's?Managing Director says 10,000 scooter users will be forced to?go back to cars as the Birmingham (UK)?pilot?ends.

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