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SINGAPORE – More than 100 riders of e-scooters and other personal mobility devices (PMDs) were warned by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for riding on footpaths on Tuesday (Nov 5).
In response to queries, the LTA said it has issued more than 100 warnings as of 5pm, on the first day that a ban of e-scooters from footpaths kicked in.
The ban will be progressively expanded to other motorised PMDs, such as hoverboards and unicycles, by the first quarter of next year.
LTA also said it will issue warnings to riders till Dec 31, but will take “strict enforcement action” against serious cases.
Under new rules announced on Monday, users of e-scooters are banned from riding their devices on the 5,500km of footpaths in Singapore.
This means that the use of e-scooters, which are already banned on roads, will be confined to 440km of cycling paths.
From next year, those caught riding an e-scooter on footpaths can be fined up to $2,000 and/or jailed for up to three months.
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