San Diego changes scooter and e-bike laws, caps amount allowed

SAN DIEGO — San Diego amended the way in which electrical scooter and e-bike corporations can function within the metropolis.

Throughout a Tuesday listening to, metropolis council members unanimously permitted a number of adjustments to the ordinance which governs shared mobility gadgets.

The adjustments embrace capping the variety of scooters from 11,050 citywide to eight,000 in addition to limiting the variety of suppliers that may function in San Diego.

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As well as, the revised ordinance requires scooter corporations to make sure riders are over 16 and have legitimate identification. It additionally prohibits riders from renting multiple scooter or e-bike at one time. Different amendments embrace implementing new geofencing wanted to maintain shared mobility gadgets off of sidewalks and inside designated parking corrals. 

Metropolis council members amended the shared mobility gadget ordinance as the town navigates a number of lawsuits. The lawsuits embrace a 2019 class motion criticism filed by Incapacity Rights California over scooters blocking entry to metropolis sidewalks and streets for these in wheelchairs and with mobility points. 

The town and the incapacity rights group are scheduled to submit a joint movement to dismiss the class-action lawsuit. Incapacity Rights California didn’t reply to a request for touch upon the standing of the litigation.

Final yr, the town additionally filed a lawsuit towards scooter corporations that function in San Diego. The lawsuit aimed to pressure scooter corporations to defend the town in lawsuits filed by riders or those that have been harm ultimately by shared mobility gadgets. That lawsuit is now nearing the top and is listed as dismissed on the state court docket’s web site. 

In a press release on the lawsuit, a metropolis spokesperson stated the town couldn’t touch upon pending litigation.

The town will now transfer ahead with issuing new permits to shared mobility gadget operators seeking to do enterprise in San Diego. That course of will start in July.

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