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The Associated Press

Parisians overwhelmingly vote to expel e-scooters from their streets

Scooters are parked in Paris, Friday, March 31, 2023. (Christophe Ena/AP)

PARIS — Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital's ubiquitous for-hire e-scooters from their streets, in a mini-referendum the mayor said sent a "very clear message."

The 15,000 opinion-dividing mini-machines could now vanish from central Paris at the end of August when the city's contracts with the three operators expire.

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