The area in which you can pick up an e-scooter or e-bike in
Cambridge is growing with proposed plans to increase the existing
area to the north, south, east, and west, roughly doubling in
size in 2025.
Initial changes to the trial boundary will take place from 18th
December 2024 to remedy accessibility issues, making it possible
to travel along the Histon to Girton link and commuting to
Cambridge University's Laundry farm.
Further expansion is expected to be rolled out in phases
throughout 2025, following successful engagement with local
areas, which will take place early next year.
New e-bikes which are lighter, lower, easier to get on and more
manoeuvrable will also be trialled with an allocation of 200 to
pilot in Cambridge initially.
This follows a successful year, where e-scooters and e-bikes have
replaced nearly half a million – 454,000 - car trips, with 1.34
million saved since launching in 2020.
In just four years, e-scooters and e-bikes have enabled users to
travel a collective distance of 59 million miles – the equivalent
to 240 trips around the world.
Air quality has improved drastically, with a 44kg reduction in
the number of PM2.5 small particulate matter in 2025, with a
total of 126kg saved over the last four years.
Since 2020, e-scooter and e-bike use in Cambridge has helped to
remove 649 tonnes of CO2e, the weight of four great blue whales
with 227 tonnes removed this year.
Dr , Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said: ‘We
are committed to providing residents with reliable and affordable
public transport options and e-scooters and e-bikes are proving a
convenient and enjoyable way to travel around the city, so I'm
pleased to see them being rolled out further such that more
people can benefit.'
James Bolton, Voi UK General Manager, said: ‘We are very excited
about this next stage of our expansion in Cambridgeshire. Our
scheme in Cambridge is already one of the best-used in the UK,
delivering significant benefits locally.
Since we launched in Cambridge back in 2020, we have received
regular requests from residents - including those from nearby
towns and villages - about boosting our fleet size and operating
area. We are pleased this expansion can now happen and look
forward to working with CPCA and other local stakeholders to
deliver safe, sustainable and affordable micromobility to more of
Cambridgeshire.'
