E-scooters hitting Saskatoon streets this spring – Saskatoon | 24CA News
E-scooters are coming to Saskatoon as soon as issues thaw out.
Saskatoon metropolis council gave the inexperienced mild Wednesday to the shared electrical kick scooter pilot program, which handed two bylaws associated to e-scooters.
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Jay Magus, Director of Transportation for the town of Saskatoon mentioned they’re procuring as much as two corporations to provide e-scooters to the town, with the procurement doc closing on Friday.
“Today it basically makes it legal for those e-scooter companies that we select through the process to operate on Saskatoon streets,” Magus mentioned.
He mentioned they’re capturing for the top of April or the start of May for the e-scooters to develop into accessible, noting it’s climate dependent.
Parts of the bylaws point out that e-scooters can be utilized on shared-use paths and streets with a pace restrict of fifty km/h or much less that don’t have a cycle observe or shared-use path.
They add that they’ll’t be used on sidewalks except they’re a shared-use path.
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People working e-scooters have to yield to pedestrians, and in addition can’t have passengers.
Curtis Mead with SGI mentioned they’ve created laws on a provincial stage that additionally give authority to municipalities to create e-scooter bylaws.
“Municipalities are in the best position to determine what is best for their city. So we’re on board, we support their e-scooter project moving forward, and they can determine whether e-scooters are a good fit for the city,” Mead mentioned.
He mentioned consultations started in 2021 with many municipalities and organizations, noting the provincial laws got here down within the Fall of 2022.
“Anytime you introduce a new vehicle type there’s always an element of risk.”
Mead mentioned an schooling and consciousness marketing campaign is coming down to tell most people about e-scooters and e-scooter use.
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