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Personal electric vehicles gaining popularity in Canadian cities after dark
Rental e-scooters and private rides are drawing groups after work, and Neuron says 20% to 25% of trips happen at night.
- Billed as green commuter transport, personal electric vehicles are increasingly popular as social leisure activities across Canadian cities after dark, with groups organizing nighttime tours through urban streets and river valleys.
- Rental companies report strong uptake between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., with Neuron's head of corporate affairs in Canada, Isaac Ransom, calling this the 'nighttime economy' as 20 to 25 per cent of trips occur during these hours.
- Josh Hunter, leader of PEV Edmonton, jokes the gatherings are 'like a modern-day biker group,' where riders customize machines with lights and mirrors or join friends on rental scooters for social outings.
- The Canadian Institute for Health Information reported e-scooter hospitalizations rose 32 per cent last year, prompting rental operators such as Lime to emphasize safe riding in protected bike lanes and discourage riding after drinking.
- Regulations regarding e-scooters vary significantly by city, with Toronto banning them entirely, yet the social appeal of group riding continues attracting new participants in Ottawa, Vancouver, and Halifax.
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Personal electric vehicles gaining popularity in Canadian cities after dark
Josh Hunter has been leading night rides on personal electric vehicles in Edmonton for five years, and there was a motley assortment of electric-powered scooters, bicycles, skateboards and unicycles gathered on a recent Friday evening at the Alberta Legislature grounds…
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