Transportation
Electric Scooter Revolution Faces a Reckoning in Stockholm
The Swedish capital is forcing the two-wheelers into designated parking spaces and banning them from sidewalks.
An abandoned public hire e-scooter on a shopping street in Stockholm, Aug. 18.
Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/BloombergThe electric scooter revolution that’s swept cities across the world is coming up against authority in Sweden’s capital.
Stockholm’s streets and bridges are about to be set free from the micromobility vehicles as the latest clampdown comes into effect in September, according to the country’s infrastructure minister. The ban on riding e-scooters on sidewalks and restrictions on where they can be parked follows a cap on the number allowed in the city and new charges for companies that operate networks of them.