E-scooters go on trial in Middlesbrough to aid UK’s green recovery

Tees Valley mayor hails rental scheme as clean energy, socially distant mode of transport'

Residents of Middlesbrough in north-east England will be the first in the UK to legally ride electric scooters on the open road when the law changes on Saturday, as the government struggles to prevent a recovery from coronavirus based on cars.

Though e-scooters have been whizzing illegally around many UK cities for the past few years, the pandemic has prompted the government to speed up plans to pilot public rental schemes.