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