As hundreds of thousands of people protested over French pensions reforms in recent weeks, some Parisians found a novel use for the electric e-scooters that dot the streets: piling them high to build barricades.
But the ubiquitous stand-up “trottinettes” could soon vanish from the urban landscape. On April 2, in a first for Paris, the city hall is offering residents a referendum on whether to banish the controversial devices operated by rental companies, five years after they launched.
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