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September 2021
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Painted parking bay at ‘Braydon Gate’, Brook Way, Bradley Stoke
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esponding to criticism from local councillors about e-scooters being parked inconsiderately, Voi, the operator of the e-scooter trial scheme in the West of England, has begun implementing socalled ‘parking infrastructure’ in Filton, Patchway, Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford. The initiative will see the introduction of 17 painted parking bays and seven e-scooter parking racks. The parking infrastructure is being installed as a mitigation to reduce e-scooter clutter, where users may end their ride and leave the e-scooter vehicles untidily, potentially creating an obstruction for other pedestrians and cyclists or interfering with
accessibility features such as dropped kerbs and tactile paving. The painted bays are marked with a semi-permanent acrylicbased line marking spray paint which has an expected life of 3-6 months in areas of high usage. It can be removed with a pressure washer. Painted bays have been (or are planned to be) created within Bradley Stoke at the following locations: • Brook Way adjacent to the entrance to the Three Brooks Local Nature (Braydon Gate) • Brook Way, junction with Hawkins Crescent (north end) • Bradley Stoke Way, adjacent to the Willow Brook Centre • Bradley Stoke Way, adjacent to Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre
Update on the WECA e-scooter trial (Aug 2021) provided via South Gloucestershire Council
Overall the e-scooter trial has been going really well with very strong usage in the Bristol/South Gloucestershire trial area. It’s really pleasing to see that usage is remaining very high at around 65,000 trips per week for a variety of purposes and saving car journeys in many instances. The mode is still gaining 13 percent new riders each week and is one of the most successful in Europe. The trial fleet will soon reach its target of over 3,000 vehicles for the whole Bristol & South Gloucestershire short-term rental trial area. For usage until the end of April the demographic split was 61 percent male and 39 percent female which exceeds the industry average of 25 percent usage for females. Typically the majority of users are aged between 18 and 35. The mode also provided a significant benefit to NHS and emergency workers during the pandemic with over 3,000 employees registering and undertaking over 60,000 journeys during the period of the national lockdown when the operator provided monthly passes for free. This has now reduced to 75 percent discount for emergency services and NHS employees and it’s hoped that staff continue to use the mode.
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