Residents in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe are being asked for their views on possible locations where e-scooters could be parked.
York is currently participating in a 12-month Department for Transport trial of e-scooters which began in September 2020. Initially the e-scooters have been rolled out in the city centre and at the University of York, but the aim is to make the e-scooters more widely available. There is more information on the trial at https://www.york.gov.uk/E-Scooters
Users must download an app to use the e-scooters and hold a provisional or full driver’s licence. It costs £1 to unlock an e-scooter and then 15p per minute. There are also a range of packages and subscriptions.
The supplier, Tier, is responsible for funding and managing all operational aspects of the trial.
Tier has asked local councillors for views about possible locations in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe where e-scooters could be parked and available for use:
Woodthorpe
- At the end of Nairn Close (near to Moor Lane) and on Grassholme (near to the junction with Moor Lane)
Dringhouses
- Tadcaster Road, in front of the Holiday Inn
Residents are invited to submit comments on the suitability of the proposed e-scooter parking locations by e-mailing Cllr Stephen Fenton (cllr.sfenton@york.gov.uk) by Friday 12 March.
Having visited the CoYC Website Page https://www.york.gov.uk/E-Scooters
it is noticeable that:
– There is no map showing the current locations of E-Scooter
– No mention of the App and the functionality that it provides
– There appears to be no link to the “App” that is mentioned elsewhere
– There is no description of the charging scheme or payment options
– There is no map of proposed future locations for the E-Scooters “parks”
This begs the question “Is anyone actually Project managing this?”
The solution has been procured and a supply partner has been signed up.
However the “Launch and Roll out” appears to be somewhat lacking i cohesion and direction.
Please can you geed the comments back to the Council?
If not. tell me who I should be contacting.
At the current point in time this could easily turn out to be a “White elephant” that will fail to deliver.
Let me have your thoughts.
The information on the CYC website is very scant, although there is a bit more at https://www.itravelyork.info/e-scooter-trial and https://tieryork.co.uk/