Transport Secretary fast-tracks e-scooter trials

Trials of e-scooters are to be fast-tracked in order to get rental schemes up and running in urban areas as soon as possible, the Secretary of State for Transport has announced.
The e-scooter trials, which were supposed to take place next year following a Department for Transport (DfT) consultation, will instead be brought forward to next month, and extended to every region that wants them, rather than being limited to just four local authorities.
In a statement, the Transport Secretary said tha