Mountain View, CA temporarily bans electric scooters

Source: www.mercurynews.com

Citing serious safety issues caused by electric scooters in cities across
the Bay Area, Mountain View has decided to temporarily ban the devices.

Although the city plans to launch a pilot program in early 2020, city staff
says the ban will give them time to determine how to regulate the e-scooter
operators moving forward.

β€œThe temporary moratorium gives us the opportunity to craft regulations to
address issues that we’ve heard other cities have experienced,” Mayor Lisa
Matichak said in an interview …

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