Helbiz was also there, one of the leaders in the micro-mobility sector, among the companies that supported #ViaLibera By Night, the initiative of the Municipality of Rome dedicated to pedestrians and cyclists to set an example of good civic standards for micro-mobility.
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The company wanted to be at the forefront together with all the people that in the evening of Saturday 17 July have traveled the city cycle-pedestrian circuit of over 15 kilometers: in addition to advice and experience, Helbiz has made available a cargo bike (what’s this?) to carry out the repositioning of over 300 micro-mobility vehicles parked in an inappropriate way on the streets and sidewalks; Furthermore, over 50 people have tried Helbiz means in safety with the explanation of the rules and the correct parking in the city.
After all, the evolution of micro-mobility does not only pass through the use of new means, but also and above all through the adoption of good standards, including behavioral ones. For this reason, within the test ride area set up in the Largo Ricci area, Helbiz showed the functioning of the scooter sharing service with particular reference to the good practices that allow micro-mobility to connect with the urban fabric to improve efficiency and decorum of cities: le rules of the Highway Code and behavioral ones, i advice to move safely, where to park the means without creating a hindrance, like facilitate operators and city administrations in fleet management.
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On the initiative, Roberto Rosso, member of parliament for Forza Italia, the first signatory of the bill on the regulation of scooters, stressed that his party “will encourage all those green services that produce jobs especially for the youngest. Initiatives like this one by Helbiz, aimed at promoting urban decor through balancing and the correct repositioning of the vehicles, are a virtuous example for a sustainable development of this service in the city “
He echoed him Luciano Nobili of Italia Viva, always close to the theme of sustainable mobility, recalling the importance of the “role of scooters in the mobility mix of the present and the future. The data show that citizens have learned to use these vehicles according to the purpose for which they were born, with a vocation for intermodality and the last mile. And that in Italy there is no scooter emergency: there is a problem of perception, fueled by bad propaganda built to prevent the development of micromobility. Of course, we must intervene to increase the safety of pedestrians and those who use the vehicle, but betting like Parliament on sustainable micro-mobility, not against “.
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