Electric Scooters and Motorcycles: Coronavirus
(asked on 12th May 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to support the (a) increased, (b) easier and (c) safe use of (i) motorcycles, (ii) e-scooters and (iii) other two-wheeled commuter transport as the covid-19 lockdown is eased.
This question was answered on 18th May 2020
The recent update of the Department’s Road Safety Statement, which was published on 19 July 2019, provides steps to improve motorcycle safety.
In response to COVID-19, the Department is accelerating and expanding planned trials of rental e-scooters, allowing all areas that want to host trials to do so. We will introduce legislation in June to allow trials to begin.