Important information for users of shared vehicles: new rules will come into force in Riga from May 1

From Wednesday, May 1, the new rules for the use of shared vehicles come into force in Riga, which provide for setting both speed limits and special areas for parking micromobility tools.

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The Riga municipality reminds that from May 1st, shared electric scooters and bicycles can be parked in Old Riga only in specially created places, which means that the entire Old Riga will be in the parking prohibition zone. On the other hand, from June 1, this zone will be extended to Elizabetes iela and will gradually be introduced in the entire territory of the historical center of Riga.

The new regulations stipulate that in the speed limit zone, in the historical center of Riga, the speed of a shared vehicle may not exceed 20 km per hour. Among them, it will be forbidden to park a shared vehicle in the parking prohibition zones, except for the micromobility equipment parking places indicated on the map.

Only vehicles equipped with a system that regulates speed and parking will be allowed for the provision of shared vehicle services, adapting them to the shared vehicle speed limit zones and parking prohibition zones indicated on the map.

Improperly parked vehicles will be moved by the service provider immediately, but not later than within three hours. It will be controlled by the Riga municipal police.

Speed ​​limit zones and parking prohibition zones for shared vehicles are published in the “Traffic and Mobility” section of the “Geo Rīga” website of the municipality’s data disclosure portal www.georiga.eu.

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