Wheely good news

You know those fun-looking e-scooters you’ve seen dotted across the city centre? We’re getting to keep them for a while longer.  
That’s because the City of York Council has agreed to extend the e-scooter trial in York for a further six months as part of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) micro-mobility trial with TIER Mobility.
This extension will provide extra time for all trial areas to reach the expected capacity of e-scooters as restrictions continue to ease. In addition, the extended period will allow for the DfT to gather additional data to inform future legislation.
Since the service went live in York, around 10,000 unique riders have made almost 40,000 trips around the city using a TIER e-scooter or e-bike, covering over 140,000 miles.
The six-month extension of the trial is also accompanied by an expansion of the maximum number of e-scooters now permitted in the city, following the successful take-up of the service.
The maximum number has been raised from 700 to 1,000 to ensure growing demand for the service is met, covering more than 45 parking areas across York.
Andy D’Agorne, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Transport said: “Empowering residents and visitors to get around sustainably means providing a broad variety of sustainable, safe and convenient options to get about the city. The extension and expansion of e-scooter and e-bike provision in York is offering just that: more options for green travel around the city that so far, thousands of residents and visitors have experienced and enjoyed.”