Brindisi, sustainable mobility: 200 scooters present in the city

Brindisi, there are 200 scooters present in the city (they will become 300 shortly) with the service started today; the operational area is 15 square kilometers and only in the center is there an obligation to leave the vehicle in dedicated areas.

They are planned throughout the city 50 strokes but only 15 are those reported and obligated where it is necessary to park the scooter, for example avoid uncontrolled abandonment that creates unsafe conditions or obstacles for pedestrians.

The forced stalls are located on Regina Margherita seafront, via Casimiro, via Colonne, Corso Garibaldi, Corso Roma, Corso Umberto, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, War Memorial, Piazza Matteotti (City Palace), Piazza Cairoli, Piazza Vittoria, Piazzetta Alberione, Piazzetta della Zecca, square Sottile-De Falco, via Ferrante Fornari.

"This is an important segment affecting sustainable mobility – explains Transport Councilor Elena Tiziana Brigante – which falls within our idea of ​​slow and environmentally compatible mobility together with cycle paths and the efficiency of local public transport, with the help of hybrid buses. We have obtained substantial funding that goes precisely in this direction".

The service is managed by the company Bit Mobility, who won thepublic notice from the Municipality of Brindisi and operates in twenty-six Italian cities. To rent vehicles you need to use theirs application for smartphone. The tender also requires the company to carry out training courses, in schools and in squares of the city, for the correct use of scooters.

"The appeal I address to everyone – declares the commander of the Local Police Antonio Orefice – is to use common sense and follow the basic rules of the Highway Code. I invite everyone to do so responsibly for the good of the community".