The race to roll out e-scooters across the UK is hotting up, with Voi the latest contender to be claiming a lead as it announces what it calls the UK’s first large-scale, exclusive trial – in association with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
The UK’s Department for Transport fired the starting gun on e-scooter trials last month when it brought forward plans to begin pilots this new form of micromobility, previously outlawed in the nation, in order to address the growing need for alternative transport modes to help enable social distancing, while keeping car numbers low.
Swedish-founded Voi is the only e-scooter operator selected for the university city of Cambridge, renowned for its world class academic institutions and love of micro-mobility, as the council looks to encourage active travel in line with the national government initiative to reduce the burden on the public transport network while Cambridgeshire citizens start going back to work.
Voi will put the first of its distinctive coral e-scooters into Cambridge by September and the operator will work closely with local transport providers, including train and bus operators in the cities. The initial trial will last for 12 months, and is expected to create over 50 jobs.