Associate Professor Alexa Delbosc from the Monash Institute of Transport Studies is available to discuss Melbourne City Council's proposal to remove the CBD e-scooter share hire scheme by mid-September. She says the lack of safe bike paths can be attributed to riders increasingly using footpaths.
Associate Professor Alexa Delbosc, Monash Institute of Transport Studies
Contact details: +61 434 866 426 or Alexa.Delbosc@monash.edu
Read more of Associate Professor Delbosc’s commentary at Monash Lens
The following quotes can be attributed to Associate Professor Delbosc:
"E-scooters provide connections across the inner city in places where there are no convenient public transport connections, when the trams are packed full, or when the trains aren't running at all.
“If the council provided more safe, separated bicycle infrastructure there would be far fewer conflicts between pedestrians and scooters. A recent survey we conducted showed that only 10 per cent of bikes and scooters were ridden on the footpath on Latrobe Street, which has a wide separated bike lane. That jumped to 23 per cent of bikes and scooters riding on the footpath on Flinders Street which has no bike lane at all. Can you blame people for riding on the footpath when they're given no other safe option?"
For more Monash media stories visit our news & events site: monash.edu/news
For any other topics on which you may be seeking expert comment, contact the Monash University Media Unit on +61 3 9903 4840 or media@monash.edu
