That has resulted in authorities in the capital considering a strict approach to scooters that fall out of line with traffic regulations.

But the Ministry of Transport has asked Copenhagen to listen to advice from second city Aarhus, which has tackled the two-wheeled issue differently. The large quantity of rental bicycles and electric scooters on Copenhagen’s streets has been a source of frustration in the capital, newspaper Politiken reports.

A majority in the Copenhagen Municipality environmental and city planning committee (Miljø- og Teknikudvalget) voted in favour of consulting the transport ministry with a view to implementing a new approach to managing the rental electric scooters, taking into account the experience of Aarhus, the municipality confirmed in a press statement.

Aarhus has looked to implement limits, allowing only one company to operate a maximum of 500 rental bicycles, and one company to operate a maximum of 150 electric scooters in the city.

In Copenhagen, eight different companies currently intend to operate rental electric scooters, while five companies intend to operate rental bicycles, Politiken writes.

“We will be facing genuine chaos if the city’s sidewalks and public spaces suddenly need to fit in eight competing systems for electric scooters and five for bicycles,” Ninna Hedeager Olsen of the Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) party, who heads the municipal committee, told the newspaper.

“That’s why I’m pleased that a majority in the committee has decided to follow the Ministry of Transport’s recommendation to look to Aarhus for inspiration,” Hedeager Olsen added.

Use of the electric scooters on cycle lanes became legal earlier this year, but the scooters are often left in areas of Copenhagen where they do not have permission to be parked, resulting in frustration.

When a user parks the scooter on areas such as pavements or squares, and a subsequent user picks up the vehicle from the same spot, the operating company is renting from public ground without permission, according to the municipality’s assessment.

Three companies currently operating in the city – Voi, Tier and Donkey – have until March 22nd to register objections with the municipality before it orders them to remove their electric bicycles and scooters from streets, Politiken reports.

But the municipality is also responsible for coming up with a plan on how to accommodate the rental light transport in the longer term, the Ministry of Transport has said.

The ministry is generally in favour of the companies, since they fit with an overall political desire for green, shared transport options, the newspaper writes.

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