Bike and scooter hire company Tier has told City of York Council that it won’t extend its contract and will end its E-Scooter and E-Bike trial in the city at the end of May.
The service has been part of a trial operating in York since September 2020, since when users have clocked up over 820,000 miles, with over half a million journeys taken by nearly 60,000 users.
Cllr Pete Kilbane, Executive Member for Economy and Transport at City of York Council, said: “Taking part in the Department for Transport trial enabled York to gain valuable insight into the use of E-Scooters and E-Bikes, and how we might look to make these permanent sustainable transport options in future.
“We’ve had an excellent partnership working with TIER over the years, and we’d like to thank them for working on the trial here in York.
“We’re disappointed they have decided to withdraw from York, but we know the findings will be prove insightful for the Department for Transport for the creation of their national guidelines, and call on the government for clarity about E-Scooter legislation. The temporary government legislation for the trials are still in place, so we are in discussion with the Department for Transport about the options we have for a new operator to run an E-Scooter trials in York”.
The council is having discussions with other providers, but there are no further updates on this at this stage.
