The measure will come into effect from December 1 2023 for an initial period of six months.
The Ministry of Housing, Territory and Mobility stresses that the measure has been taken in view of the risks involved in the access of VMP to public transport, in the same way that measures have been taken in this regard in trains and buses in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, the Community of Madrid and in the case of EMT buses in Palma, or in European cities such as London and Paris, among others.
It also highlighted the number of cases of fires caused by explosions in the batteries of this type of vehicle in transport services in several cities, such as on the Madrid metro last October and in the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya in November last year.
The measure does not affect access for wheelchairs and vehicles for persons with reduced mobility, which are excluded from the definition of VMP in the state regulation.
The agreements establish the temporary suspension of access for electric VMPs on the TIB intercity bus service in Mallorca and to SFM facilities and trains, both train and metro services.
The ministry also said that, in order to promote intermodality in the use of public transport, it will continue to work to progressively introduce measures to encourage it and allow users to leave bicycles, scooters or other VMPs at the stations, such as the installation of more parking spaces inside and outside the stations, and as part of the Palma intermodal station reform project, solutions will also be sought to store scooters for users travelling to other municipalities, while in the opposite direction, users from non metropolitan areas who come to Palma already have a bicycle parking service.
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@Donald Jump. What an offensive and totally ignorant comment. Climb to th3 highest point you can find--- then---Donald ---JUMP !!!!
Fantastic news, they are a menace. Nearly tripped over them several times when they place them in the gangway of the bus. Hope it becomes a permanent thing
Stan The ManObviously you are too fat to ride one, but who is keeping score? You preach from mon high about environmentally friendly means of transport and then complain about electric scooters. Make up your warped mind.
Charles Dalrymple-ChumleyCharles, a lot of kids come into Palma from outlying villages and towns to attend further studies or to go to work. I suppose pedal power will be the way forward from now on seeing that they will have learnt that using a car is far more stressful.
It's a start in controlling this nuisance mode of transport although why owners would take their scooter onto a bus when they have a scooter is a mystery to me!
This is great news. Banning these very dangerous vehicles, with their exploding lithium-Iron Batteries is a great safety relief for all the Passengers etc. Banning their use on ALL ROADS. Would be the next action needed to protect ALL Pedestrians..