E-scooters will provide easy contact tracing

E-scooters will provide easy contact tracing
Brent Melville
New Zealand’s urban army of more than 5,000 e-scooters, parked and charging their batteries for the past six weeks, are due to return to the streets and footpaths this Thursday on the switch to level 2 alert. Each city council still needs to give its local operators the green light but micro-mobility schemes have been approved, provided they meet physical distancing and cleaning guidelines under safety protocols agreed with the Ministry of Transport. And while the jury is out on whether e-scooters are a good option for those who wish to c...

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