Issue details

Tees Valley Combined Authority Bid for E-scooter Trial across the Tees Valley

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic Government are delivering a green restart of local transport.

The government consulted on urgent legislation to allow trials of rental e-scooters to commence more rapidly and in more areas than initially planned.

To support this and to help mitigate reduced public transport capacity e-scooter trials will be brought forward. The Department for Transport (DfT) is reviewing the regulations that apply to e-scooters as part of its Future of Transport programme.

TVCA are registering an interest to be a trial area and are working with a provider and are seeking support from Highway Authorities in the Tees Valley to support the bid to DfT to become a trial area.

Financial/staffing/health & safety (incl virus transmission risks)/service delivery impacts/other risks and impacts considered:
Cabinet were presented with a number of risks identified at the bid stage of the project that would need to be overcome to allow e-scooters to be allowed on Darlington roads should the bid be successful.

Equality Impacts:
An equality impact assessment would need to be undertaken if the bid is successful.

Decision type: Non-key

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 23/11/2020

Decision due: 8 Jun 2020 by Assistant Director Highways and Capital Projects

Contact: Dave Winstanley, Group Director of Services Email: [email protected].

Consultation process

Cabinet were consulted and expressed a desire to support submission of a bid. Cabinet noted the reservations from officers and other Tees Valley Authorities regarding safety concerns and agreed that more detail was needed and that needed to be resolved prior to commence any trial but agreed to support the bid subject to further development and further decision records should the bid be successful.

Decisions