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This follows a referendum in April in which Parisians voted to ban the battery-powered-scooters, confirming that many regarded them as an unbearable nuisance.
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00:00 Appreciated by tourists, loathed by locals, self-service e-scooters are finally being
00:05 removed from the streets of Paris.
00:07 Friday, September 1st is the deadline imposed by city authorities for companies to collect
00:12 their two-wheelers from around the French capital.
00:15 It follows a referendum in April in which Parisians voted to ban the bad-reported scooters,
00:20 confirming that many regarded them as an unbearable nuisance.
00:23 "We started the withdrawal of our 5,000 scooters last Sunday and little by little we will leave
00:30 only our 5,000 self-service bikes in the streets.
00:34 We mainly remove them at night, between 10 and 6 p.m., between 400 and 500 scooters per
00:39 day with six to seven agents who work specifically on this operation."
00:47 Paris is the first European city to take such drastic action.
00:51 Residents had complained of riders zigzagging through pedestrians and causing accidents.
00:57 The scooter firms say they will deploy their products elsewhere.
01:01 [Sound of a train passing by]
01:04 (whooshing)

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