New report: Elsparkesykler replaces the walk and public transport

They turned abruptly up on the sidewalks in the winter and since then a number of actors placed the contested chariots in several Norwegian cities.

For many doningene an effective way to get around town on, the other allows itself to be irritate by the careless sparkesyklister or henslengte sparkesykler that block the way.

the institute of transport in the summer focused on the new transportformen and seen how it has affected our daily lives.

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The electrical sparkesyklene have become popular in several places in Norway. Now will samferdselsministeren that the industry and the cities to agree on better parkeringsløsninger for the bikes.

Photo: Nina Didriksen Replaces the walk and public transport

Researcher Siri Hegna Berge says sparkesyklene has brought much positive with him:

It covers obviously a need people have for transportation in their everyday lives, and with that it has become so popular. It is a very flexible vehicle that leads one to have an increased freedom in everyday life, and it also means time savings, " says Berge to NRK.

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the Examination of her is made from 431 people in Oslo between may and July this year.

37 percent of the participants reported that they had used elsparkesykkel.

– Elsparkesykkel has replaced walk for over half in the survey our, and replaces public transport for one of the four, " she says.

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NRK earlier has told, the new doningene led to a number of visits to skadelegevakten. In July registered the emergency room in Oslo, norway, on average, close to five damage in a day that could be linked to elsparkesykler.

the Survey our shows that one of the ten sparkesyklister have had an accident, and one in five have had near accidents, " says Berge.

– often, the Cause is uneven surfaces in the road surface and the interaction with pedestrians.

72 per cent of the elsparkesyklistene in the survey experiencing interaction with other road users as agile. One of three of the respondents irritating over sparkesykler left randomly on the sidewalks.

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Berge believes it will need more facilitation and regulation in order to make the activity safer.

It must be done in a way that it attends to the popularity of elsparkesyklene, while at the same time taking into account new knowledge about the effects on the environment, health and safety, " she says.

Elsparkesyklene reigns in the centre of Oslo. Here run three pieces on the same bike at the same time.

Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB scanpix Parking and speeding are the main challenges

transport minister Jon Georg Dale called on Monday, the actors who are renting out elsparkesykler in Norway to a meeting.

the Background is a desire to find out how you can best facilitate for elsparkesykler in the cities.

I feel that the industry is trying to find good solutions, but here there is room for improvement, " says Dale of the Norwegian broadcasting corporation after the meeting.

Dale says the main challenges is the way the bikes are parked in and for high speed by the sidewalk.

– Industry and municipalities need to look at this together.

Will not have national regulations

you Will introduce national guidelines for elsparkesyklene?

"No, that I hope will release," says Dale.

Samferdselsministeren says they also discussed the so-called "lavfartssoner", to get down your speed in areas where there are many pedestrians.

– It sounds reasonable, " says Dale.

– Use elsparkesykkel yourself?

– Yes, I use it occasionally if I want to travel from a meeting to another in the city centre. It is effective. Then I can also spend more time at the office, " says samferdselsministeren to NRK.

transport minister Jon Georg Dale, from the conservative party to run electric sparkesykkel.

Photo: Erik Waage Date Of Update: 16 September 2019, 18:00