An electric scooter rental service could be coming to Salford as part of a plan to curb congestion, clean the air and ease pressure on public transport.Transport bosses are working with Salford City Council to 'explore the potential' for a trial as part of a Government pilot scheme.Such a scheme, already popular in cities including Paris, Copenhagen and Prague, would follow in the tracks of Mobike, the bike hire firm which pulled out of the region in September 2018 due to vandalism after just 13 months.But in a post-pandemic world where social distancing limits capacity on public transport and curbing car congestion becomes ever more important - with 60 per cent of car trips under two miles - finding cheap and easy ways to get around are.
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