Dockless self-serve unregistered vehicle (DSUV)

Véhicules non immatriculés en libre-service sans ancrage (VNILSSA)

OTC - March 5, 2020

Urban planning and mobility service ( Service de l’urbanisme et de la mobilité)

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Promote and make secure active transportation, on foot and by bicycle, near

public transit access points.

Minimize travel time and prioritize public and active transportation, in an environment where

barriers to mobility are reduced.

Context

● Circulation: Pilot projecton self-serve electricscooters adopted in June 2019 by the MTQ (territory: Montreal and Westmount / validity period: 3 years).

Context - Regulation

● By-law regarding the dockless self-serve unregistered vehicleservices (19-026)adopted in April 2019by the City of Montreal

● Circulation: electric bikes are allowed to circulate(specific rules in the HSC including helmet)

Mandate

● Propose a new service in the Montreal mobility scheme

● Experiment with the use of electric scooters on certain public roads

● Restrict negative externalities

Contextualization - City Regulation

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Purpose of bylaw 19-026

Ensuring a place for these new services in Montreal'smobility scheme

Regulate the occupation of the public domain i n sucha way as to avoid crowding.

Making operators accountable for the management of their fleet of vehicles

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City of MontrealAdoption of the by-law

19-026 April 15, 2019

Launch JumpJune 26, 2019

Launch Lime August 13, 2019

Launch BirdSeptember 19, 2019

End of pilot projectNovember 15, 2019

End of the first year

Project schedule - pilot 2019

Ministry of Transport (MTQ)

Pilot project electricscooters in self-serve

rentalJune 21, 2019

REGULATION - CREATION PHASE

Electric scooters traffic(regulated by the MTQ pilot projet)

1. Arterial and local networksMTQ pilot project will authorize theircirculation (prohibited on streets over 50km/h).

2. Cycling networksMTQ pilot project will authorize theircirculation. The City will first examine the results of the pilot project and adaptits regulations, if necessary

3. SidewalksProhibited

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For e-scooters

Making operatorsaccountable

Operators must: • Obtain an operating permit (fees, deposit,

insurance); • Inform customers (traffic and parking rules);• Have an operations centre in Montreal;• Respond to alerts/reporting;

Control and sanctions • Fines• Authority can revoke operating perrmit• Power to amend by ordinance the sites

dedicated to parking

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Electric bikes parking

The by-law authorizes the use of public bicycle racks in the 19 boroughs (Appendix B)

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Electric scooters parking

Parking was authorizedin the locations identified in AppendixA of the regulation.

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Electric scooters parking

Two types of parking were recommended

A) In dedicated areas B) In clearances of 5 meters at intersections

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Data sharing

● Data required from operators in Appendix C of the bylaw 19-026

● Origin - destination● Waypoint● Incident data

● This allowed the city to:

● Track operators● Create a report at the end of the

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Review of the 2019 project - highlights

CompaniesE-bike DSUV

E-scooters DSUV

Max number of vehicles 1000 680

Districts(served / authorized)

10 / 19partially

5 / 5partially

Parking allowed all public bike racks

410 dedicatedlocations

Number of trips (2019 season)

+ 365 000(61% of e-sccoters)

Number of km traveled + 770 000

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Territory authorized and served

● E-bike DSUV = 19 Boroughs

● E-scooters DSUV = 410 dedicated areas in 5 boroughs + City of Westmount

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Trips analysis (1)

Number of trips made daily(source: processing of operators' MDS data, city of Montreal, November 2019)

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Trips analysis (2)

Temporal distribution of VNILSSA trips (source: processing of operators' MDS data, city of Montreal, November 2019)

●Two very distinct types of use:

○E-bikes DSUV : home / work(rush hour 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)

○E-scooter DUSV: more spontaneous movements

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Trips analysis (3)

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●Short trips

(on average: 2.8 km for e-bikes DSUV between1.5 km and 2.3 km for e-scooters DSUV)

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Trips analysis (4)

●27% of trips made on the island of Montreal either started or ended at a subway or train station

●Complementarity BIXI/ DSUV (areas less well served by BIXI)

Map of areas with the maximum number trips (Analysis - 2019 MCGill University)

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Issues

Geographic equity

●Limited deployment by operators within restrictedperimeters:

○ DSUV bicycles: 10 boroughs served /19 boroughs authorizedby the regulation

○ DSUV e-scooters: 5 partiallyserved districts out of 5 authorized.

Social equity

●Use only via a mobile application

●High cost for utilization

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Issues

Cohabitation with pedestrians

●Cohabitation DSUV / pedestrians isdifficult in areas with high pedestrian density (problems related to bothvehicle traffic and parking)

●Programming of certain georeferencing zones by operators(on a case-by-case basis )

Security

● Failure to wear a helmet

● 333 statements of offence wereissued by the SPVM regardingnon-compliance with the HSC (324 related to helmet use)

● No fatal or serious accidentsinvolving a DSUV

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Immobilization of DSUV in dedicated areas

● Regulation not respected by operators

○ 20% of the e-scooters wereparked in one of the 410 definedareas

○ Numerous e-scooters parked atstreet furniture and BIXI stations

Failure of Operator Liability

● Problem with user support ● Adjustment required by the City during the season

○ Abolition of the time limit for issuing statements of offence

○ Control of the public domain○ Create a process for issuing

tickets

Issues

● Removing all the dedicated areas in the Appendix A

● End of the e-scooter (the by-law is still going on for the e-bike and other DSUV)

● Tariffs increase (+75$ per vehicle)

● Limitation of 1000 vehicles per operator

● New requirements for data sharing (new real-time data GBFS)

What will be the modifications of the by-law ? (February and March, 2020)

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Thanks