2019-04-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    15 APRIL 2019


ATTACHMENT 1 – Media Articles Shared Mobility Devices

 In the five months Lime has operated in New Zealand the Accident Compensation
   Corporation has paid out more than $735,000 for 1486 incidents involving electric scooters
   (Stuff,     NZ):        https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/111121216/acc-pays-out-740000-for-
   escooterrelated-injuries-in-five-months
 obike withdraws from City of Melbourne after crackdown on bicycle share company (ABC
   News):     https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-12/obike-dockless-bicycle-scheme-to-leave-
   melbourne/9860314
 Gold Coast City Council confiscated 23 electric scooters less than a day after scooters were
   rolled out on the Gold Coast without Council permission (ABC News):
   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-29/lime-scooters-halts-gold-coast-roll-out-council-
   dispute/10673452)
 Lime e-scooters temporarily banned in two New Zealand cities after a technical glitch caused
   the      front   wheel     of    some      scooters    to     lock      (The       Guardian):
   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/25/lime-e-scooters-temporarily-banned-in-two-
   new-zealand-cities
 Scooter fault leaves Lime riders injured (BBC News): https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-
   47371925
 Bird and Lime electric scooters are leaving Raleigh (The News & Observer):
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HraMWm50gQ
 Young woman launches legal action against Lime Scooters after accident (7 News Adelaide):
   https://www.facebook.com/7NewsAdelaide/videos/young-woman-launches-legal-action-
   against-lime-scooters-after-accident/311495892886134/
 Queensland police handed out more than 70 infringements to Lime scooter riders
   (CourierMail): https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-police-handed-
   out-more-than-70-infringements-to-lime-scooter-riders-overnight/news-
   story/24e68080a873b954671386f60f4ca661
 E-scooters hospitalise two people daily – Transport and Roads Minister Mark Bailey says
   safety posters will be rolled out across 40 streets in the Brisbane CBD (The North West Star)
   https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/5982983/e-scooters-hospitalise-two-people-daily/
 Australia’s bike sharing industry near collapse as local residents and Councils in capital cities
   object to bikes in the river, up trees, mangled in a back street or as part of an impromptu art
   installation (Business Insider) https://www.businessinsider.com.au/bike-sharing-industry-end-
   australia-2018-7




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