Budapest downtown district to ban Segways, other e-vehicles from pavements

Segways, electric bikes, e-scooters and the like, as well as “beer bikes” will be banned from pedestrian zones owned by Budapest’s 5th district council from mid-June.

Lots of complaints have been made in downtown Budapest about hazardous devices that whizz along the pavements almost silently, the local council said in a statement on Tuesday.

Beer bikes are unsuitable for pedestrian areas due to their size, it added.

Users will have to pick their e-bikes and scooters up in pedestrian areas and parks or pay an on-the-spot fine of 50,000 forints (EUR 155), or 150,000 forints if settled at a later date.

Firms renting out the vehicles will be obliged to inform customers of the ban.

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Source: MTI