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Le Monde with AFP Published yesterday at 3:40 pm (Paris) 1 min read * Share Share + Share on Twitter + Share on Messenger + Share on Facebook + Share by email + Share on Linkedin + Copy link Madrid City Hall said on Thursday, September 5, it would ban all rental e-scooters from October because of the risk they pose to pedestrians, the latest city to make the move. "We are withdrawing authorization for companies hiring out scooters on the city's streets," the Spanish capital's conservative mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida wrote on X. "Our priority is the... safety of the people of Madrid," he said, adding that the measure would "take full effect in October." The three companies currently with licenses to rent out e-scooters on the streets of Madrid - Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility - will now have to remove their devices. These firms "did not comply with the conditions we imposed to guarantee the safety of pedestrians, particularly the elderly," the mayor said. 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