Budapest proposes rules for e-bikes, e-scooters

Budapest’s General Assembly at its session on Wednesday will discuss creating regulations for the legal parking of shared micromobility devices such as rentable e-bikes and e-scooters in the capital.

E-scooters and similar devices can work well with public transport as part of a green and sustainable transport system, Samu Balogh, the mayor’s chief of staff, said at a briefing on Tuesday.

But problems arise because their storage is currently unregulated, many people leave e-scooters hazardously lying around.

He said that since central government regulation was lagging in this area, the capital had decided to step in and fill the void.

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The plan, he said, was to park such devices securely at so-called micromobility points.

A further aim in the long term would be integrate public transport and micromobility services on a single app, he added.

The metropolitan council plans to come to agreements with district municipalities on uniform regulation, Balogh said.