Micromobility provider Voi is launching city guides for the eight UK locations it is currently running e-scooter trials in.
Birmingham, Bristol, Bath, Cambridge, Liverpool, Northampton, Southampton and Portsmouth each have their own guide, which provides scooter-friendly routes to help riders travel around their local area.
The city guides have been created as part of Voi’s commitment to enable the 15 Minute City movement. The concept, devised by Sorbonne professor Carlos Moreno, aims to create cities where everything a resident needs can be reached within a 15-minute walk, scooter or bike ride, from education to healthcare, retail and green space.
The e-scooter operator said by making cities more accessible through micromobility, it can reduce private car use for short trips and carbon dioxide emissions making cities healthier, happier places to live.
Jack Samler, general manager at Voi UK and Ireland, said: “Voi riders across the UK have been telling us how much they enjoy using the scooters to explore their local areas so we’ve put together these brilliant city guides to offer suggested routes and places to visit on a Voi journey.
“As the UK looks to further ease restrictions, our cities are expected to become busier so we want to ensure that everyone can access this safe, sustainable and socially distanced form of transport. In the rush back to normality, it’s vital that we don’t lose the environmental gains of the past year and continue to prioritise green transport options.”
Furthermore, to encourage riders to get out and about on Clean Air Day [17 June], Voi is offering a £3 discount to new riders from 16-23 of June. To redeem the discount, new Voi riders simply need to download the Voi app, find a scooter and then add the code ‘CleanAir’.
Birmingham city council’s cabinet member for transport and environment, councillor Waseem Zaffar, added: “Air pollution is one of the biggest issues facing our citizens here in Birmingham and a big part of tackling that is encouraging people to convert their short journeys to active travel such as walking, cycling and scooting.
“Voi e-scooters are just one of the many options available to people, and they have proven to be really popular. I’m really pleased that Voi have chosen to roll-out city guides and other incentives to support Clean Air Day.”
