E-scooter in Innsbruck: New provider brings yellow speedsters onto the street

E-scooter in Innsbruck: New provider brings yellow speedsters onto the street

Innsbruck is preparing for an expansion of the offer to rental e scooters, because Max Mobility will in future populate the streets of the city with its striking yellow scooters. With a price of one euro for activation and 25 cents per minute for use, the provider offers a inexpensive way to move in the city. The company has already gained a foot in several other cities, such as Klagenfurt or Linz, and is based in Fürstenfeld.

The discussion about rental e scooters in Innsbruck shows that not all citizens are satisfied with the current situation. Despite a package of measures that should regulate the use of the e-scooters, the criticism remains loud. While the city administration claims that the situation has improved, many citizens still complain about the "wild" parking processes of the scooters.

rules and regulations

The rules for e-scooter use in Innsbruck are clearly defined. Instead of a complete ban that could not be enforced in the local council, there is now a package of measures. The providers are obliged to comply with the maximum number of 225 stationless e-scooters including the existing distributors. In addition, free floating areas and restricted areas were set up, which should ensure that the e-scooters must not be parked everywhere-for example in the city center and in the districts of Wilten and Pradl. The scooters within these zones may only be parked at specially marked parking spaces. The providers are also required to take technical precautions so that e-scooters can no longer be parked in restricted zones.

The resentment of the citizens nevertheless shows that many feel that the e-scooters do not represent the desired solution to facilitate the locomotion in the city. Instead, the wild parking of the scooters often ensures an untidy cityscape and problems for pedestrians.

storage areas and use

In order to counteract these problems, numerous marked storage areas are available in the inner city area. These include Heiliggeiststrasse, Maria-Theresien-Straße and Kaiser-Josef-Straße. Public places such as Adolf-Pichler-Platz and the university site are also set as storage locations. These parking spaces are not only accessible to the users of the rental e scooters, but also for private e-scooter owners. A decision parameter for the storage locations is that there is no restriction regarding the number of adjustable scooters.

However, the parking of scooters in urban parks is prohibited, as is the transport of e-scooters in public transport, which is regulated by transport companies in their transport provisions. The city hopes that compliance with these rules will lead to an overall better experience of e-scooters in Innsbruck.

A current survey could show whether the efforts of the city administration and the provider have actually led to an improvement in the situation in Innsbruck. The revenue flows from the loan fees could also provide an interesting perspective on the profitability of the e-scooter systems in the city. For more information about the current developments related to e-scooter in Innsbruck, The report on www.meinbezirk.at .