Photo: James HallDunedin will soon follow others cities, including Auckland and Christchurch, and require e-scooters companies to hold a licence and pay a fee to operate. The Dunedin City Council today voted to start an early review of its mobile trading bylaw, not scheduled until 2024, which aims to give it greater controls over the use of e-scooters. Following the voluntary recall because of safety concerns last month, there had been greater communication between Lime and the council, Mr Pickford said. Only one other e-scooter company - the New Plymouth based Blip - had formally contacted the council about possibly operating in Dunedin. The council knew of at least one other, Wave, which was considering operating in the city but there had been no formal approach, Mr Pickford said.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 26, 2019 00:56 UTC