CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte’s pilot program for wildly popular electric scooters expires on Wednesday and city leaders still have not decided on their future, or if safety regulations need to be enforced.
Currently, there 800 scooters in Charlotte and hundreds of thousands of people have used them.
The Charlotte Transportation Committee was tasked with coming up with solutions moving forward, specifically surrounding safety and regulation. But last week, the committee could not decide how.
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According to Channel 9's partners at the Charlotte Business Journal, the city attorney said the issue may head to the state level. He said the issue of whether e-scooters are essentially motor vehicles will likely be brought up during general assembly's long session in January.
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If state leaders do change that definition, then scooters would need to be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles. For now, they will remain on Charlotte streets.
For now, the city has decided to roll out a marketing campaign focused on safety, providing riders with information on scooter rules and what riders should know when taking them on city streets.
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