Some of you saw my last post: the Parliament's petition platform that didn't work, the unanswered emails, the phone call telling us to just email it in instead. It took ten days, several follow-ups and, frankly, a bit of public noise to get a citizens' petition published on the platform built for exactly that purpose. But it's up. Credit where due — and thank you to everyone who shared that post.
Now the important part. From January 2027, shared scooters disappear from Brussels. Bolt and Dott's licences simply won't be renewed.
The government's case doesn't survive contact with its own numbers:
⛑️ It cites a 26% rise in scooter accidents from 2024 to 2025 — without mentioning that trips rose 26% too (Way To Go, the shared mobility body part-financed by the Brussels government itself). The accident rate per trip didn't move. ❌ It says scooters are a crime problem — yet no public source substantiates the claim that 25 scooters were involved in shootings, and shared scooters are the single most traceable vehicle on Brussels roads: every trip logged to a verified account, GPS-tracked, data available to police on request. The private scooters criminals can buy for cash? Untouched by this ban. 👎 And the alternative on offer is Villo! — scored by Brussels Mobility's own study at 0.7 rentals per bike per day against a European benchmark of 3 to 7, with a concession expiring in 2026 and no successor even tendered.
More than 700,000 people used shared scooters in Brussels in 2024. Nobody asked us.
🛴 The petition needs 1,000 signatures from Brussels residents (16+, itsme login) to trigger a hearing before Parliament. That's the whole ask: give us the hearing. Sign in the petition here https://democratie.brussels/initiatives/i-271
