Despite challenging market conditions, sharing services for e-scooters can make a profitable and sustainable contribution to urban mobility. Cities and municipalities in Germany could set the competitive framework by tendering scooter-sharing services for a limited period in a defined urban area, awarding the contract to just one scooter-sharing provider.
The resulting economies of scale would allow the sharing provider who won the contract to better integrate into the city’s public transportation system with high-quality scooters. Customers, in turn, would profit from improved service and reduced prices.
