Scooter-sharing system

Greece is set to implement stricter regulations for light personal electric vehicles (LPEVs) as part of a new traffic code being pushed by Deputy Transport Minister Vassilis Oikonomou.

Following the death of a 12-year-old boy after he was hit by a car while riding an electric scooter earlier this month, the government is planning stricter laws regulating the use of such vehicles on the country's roads.

After revoking their licenses last month, the city stated that the three foreign companies (Lime, Dott, and Tier Mobility) failed to enforce rules on how customers operate the scooters or where they park them.

As a result, the companies have not regained their licenses.

Since the beginning of 2024, five people have died and 192 have been injured in 323 traffic accidents involving electric scooter drivers, according to the Main Directorate of the "National Police" of the Ministry of the Interior.

The ride-sharing company, "Bolt," has announced the launch of over 800 e-scooters on Sofia's streets starting today, as reported by the company. Additionally, there are plans for service expansion in Burgas, Varna, and Plovdiv, according to BTA.

Lime scooters are gradually returning to Athens and Thessaloniki, as the company is recovering from the blow inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic that saw its revenue sink by 95%.

After the footage of an e-scooter overtaking other vehicles at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour on the D-100 Highway in Istanbul's Kadıköy district went viral on social media, concerns about scooter speed limits have resurfaced.

The Transportation Coordination Directorate (UKOME) has implemented a decision to reduce the speed limit for scooters to 12.5 km/h in certain districts.

The Metropolitan Municipal Council decided to introduce speed limits for electric scooters in Sofia and a regulation on their parking. Speed in the parks will be 5 kilometers per hour, there will be designated areas for lower speeds, explained the chairman of the council, Georgi Georgiev:

Ljubljana – Electric scooters are becoming increasingly popular as a mode of urban transportation, but accelerated uptake has resulted in a rise in accidents. Last year there were 109 accidents involving e-scooters, more than two-thirds caused by riders themselves, police data show.

The average age of people using e-scooters in Turkey is 27, with the number of riders growing by the day, Kadir Can Abdik, the CEO of BinBin Scooters, has said.

"From 17 to 65, people [of all ages] ride e-scooters. The average age is 27 because it is a very new business sector," Abdik of BinBin, one of the 12 companies operating in Istanbul, told state-run Anadolu Agency on Nov. 22.