Last December, Brussels Mobility selected Bolt and Dott as the only operators still authorized to operate this type of machine. Voi and Lime then turned to the trial court. In January 2024, it authorized these two operators to continue their activity until the end of their license.
Last August, when the validity period of his license was ending, Voi addressed the judge asking him to recognize the automatically renewable nature of his license, which the judge did not do.
The Brussels court of first instance today issued an order confirming that calls for applications were indeed the only means of obtaining a new cycle-sharing license and that Voi therefore no longer had a license to operate scooters.
gullThe message sent to operators is clear: they are welcome if they respect the framework put in place.”
The Region will therefore very soon serve this order by giving Voi notice to remove all its scooters from public spaces.
-“This is good news and one more step towards efficient cycle sharing that is respectful of all users of public spaces.”explains Elke Van den Brandt (Groen), Brussels Minister of Mobility. The message sent to operators is clear: they are welcome if they respect the framework put in place.”
Ongoing battle to drastically reduce the number of scooters in Brussels
The disappearance of this operator will make it possible to reduce the fleet of shared scooters in Brussels by +/- 3,000 vehicles, “which will limit the overflow of drop zones and reduce inconvenience for pedestrians and other users of public spaces”continues Bruxelles-Moblité. One more step towards the desired system following the review of the regulatory framework in 2023…
Currently, there are 12,400 self-service scooters in Brussels. The objective is to achieve a balance of 8,000 scooters.
