E-scooter users in Nottingham are not being put off by the new £1 unlock fee, according to the company who owns them. Superpedestrian say that use of their e-scooters has not changed since implementing the new fee earlier this year. They are currently running a promotion in the city where riders receive 50% off the fee.
A spokesperson for Superpedestrian said: "We’ve seen around 120,000 trips since the unlock fee was introduced. We’re seeing a very comparable number of trips since the unlock fee, and we often see days with more ridership than before." They said they have not seen a reduction in use and added: "We’ve actually been able to put more scooters on the street since then to keep up with very high demand in Nottingham. Since the beginning of the trial in October 2020, Nottingham riders have taken 1.6 million trips by scooter."
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