Request ID: FOI-0595-2223 Date published: 01 July 2022
You asked
F/O from 0353-2223
Dear FOI,
Thank you for the information provided. I would like to request follow-up information regarding this matter.
1) Are there plans to expand the Escooter area to cover the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park? If no why has this not been taken up?
2) What was the reason the Escooter Parking bay opposite Mile End Station was removed?
We answered
TfL Ref: 0595-2223
Thank you for your follow on request (from 0353-2223) received by Transport for London (TfL) on 10 June 2022 asking for further information about the current e-scooter trial.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked the following questions about the e-scooter trial in London:
1) Are there plans to expand the Escooter area to cover the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park? If no why has this not been taken up?
2) What was the reason the Escooter Parking bay opposite Mile End Station was removed?
Our responses to your questions are below:
1) Are there plans to expand the Escooter area to cover the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park? If no why has this not been taken up?
No there are no plans to expand the London E-Scooter Trial to the Olympic Park at the moment. Whether the Park is part of the trial in the future is a matter for the London Legacy Development Corporation.
2) What was the reason the Escooter Parking bay opposite Mile End Station was removed? Mile End Road E-Scooter Parking Bay was implemented following a map reading error which showed the land it is currently sited on as TfL London Underground land. It was subsequently checked and found that it is actually at surface level on TfL TLRN land which requires a Traffic Order in compliance with DfT guidance for parking bays in the trial. The bay was immediately suspended and an application for an Experimental Traffic Order was started and this became live at the end of May. We also commissioned a Safety Audit which highlighted some concerns of the bay being near to the traffic light pedestrian crossing and we are now exploring an option to reduce the size of the bay to reduce the risk of the conflict before full reinstatement of the bay.
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Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
