WEBVTT - Alison Xamon | City of Vincent Mayor | Suspending Hire E-scooters

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<v Speaker 1>Another inner city, Perth Council is looking to remove highest

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<v Speaker 1>scooters from their streets. Joining me now is Allison Zamon,

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor of the City of Vincent. Could they Allison?

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<v Speaker 2>Good to talk to you, hy Simon good to talk

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<v Speaker 2>to you too.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, when did you make the decision on what are

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<v Speaker 1>you going to do?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? So, look, the first thing I want to say,

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<v Speaker 2>because I really do need to say this, I just

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<v Speaker 2>want to express it like I'm sure you do and

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<v Speaker 2>your listeners, just how sorry we are for the family

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<v Speaker 2>who have lost their father, their husband, son, because I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's the thing that is really weighing very heavily

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<v Speaker 2>on everyone at the moment, I think. But also I

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<v Speaker 2>want to acknowledge out that the family of the woman

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<v Speaker 2>who's alleged to have run into him what they must

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<v Speaker 2>be going through as well. So I do want to

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<v Speaker 2>say that because I don't want to lose sight of

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that this is happening in the face of

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<v Speaker 2>a tragedy. So we a city of Vincent has had

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<v Speaker 2>an a scooter trial for coming up to two years

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<v Speaker 2>now that we're put in place just before I became

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<v Speaker 2>mayor of the City of Vincent, and it has really

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<v Speaker 2>been operating in conjunction with the City of Perth because

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<v Speaker 2>we're obviously adjoining councils and people are using the Beam

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<v Speaker 2>and the Neuron scooters to go between Vincent and the

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<v Speaker 2>City per quite a lot. So I've been in regular

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<v Speaker 2>conversations with the acting lagmir Bruce Reynolds around following the

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<v Speaker 2>tragedy and we've been talking about what needs to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a result of that, the City of Vincent

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<v Speaker 2>is now moving to also suspend the trials as well.

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<v Speaker 2>With both companies, we're just we're hoping we'll be able

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<v Speaker 2>to get the final decision out today. The only thing

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<v Speaker 2>we're waiting on, which is waiting on a last last

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<v Speaker 2>little piece of legal advice. And the reason for that

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<v Speaker 2>is because obviously I don't want to be exposing our

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<v Speaker 2>City of Vincent rate payers to any penalties for breach

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<v Speaker 2>of contract or anything like that, so that's a concern.

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<v Speaker 2>But otherwise we'll be seeking to effectively follow the lead

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<v Speaker 2>of the City of Perth because they've had more time

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to get the advice and everything to

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<v Speaker 2>pull this together. So we're looking at doing the same

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<v Speaker 2>thing all right.

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<v Speaker 1>City Vincent famous for being a pedestrian friendly place in

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<v Speaker 1>the entertainment commercial precincts Oxford Car, Vincent Street or William Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and even off the side streets around around the big

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<v Speaker 1>oval over there. So is it because you have pedestrian

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<v Speaker 1>congestion versus higher scooters potentially.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think I think it's as important that we

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the higher scooters and the way that they

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<v Speaker 2>get used. Look, I'm pretty very clear with everyone. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>an EAT scooter writer. I was an earlier adoptor. I have.

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<v Speaker 2>I played a scooter for four and a half years

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<v Speaker 2>and I ride it around Vincent all the time and

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<v Speaker 2>it's really good. But I suppose the thing about me

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<v Speaker 2>as an E scooter rider is that because it's my scooter,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm obviously taking particular care of it, because it's my asset,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm wearing a helmet because a quiet brown injury

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't appeal, and also and you know, I'm obviously using

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<v Speaker 2>it in a particular way. I think the concern that's

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<v Speaker 2>emerging is really how higher scooters are potentially used differently

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<v Speaker 2>as opposed to people that I'm in their own scooters

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<v Speaker 2>and ride them, ride them potentially in a different way,

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<v Speaker 2>and will be more experienced as well in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>riding around. So well, I really really want to make

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<v Speaker 2>that distinction because what I am very concerned about is

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<v Speaker 2>making sure that we don't have a knee jerk reaction

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<v Speaker 2>which just banns an entire mode of transport because a

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<v Speaker 2>particular availability of this mode of transport is potentially able

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<v Speaker 2>to be misused in a way that people who own

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<v Speaker 2>their own scooters aren't necessarily going to do. But we need,

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<v Speaker 2>we need to make sure that lads are enforced, we

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<v Speaker 2>need to make sure that people respect it. And I

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<v Speaker 2>also put that out to the drivers as well, because

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<v Speaker 2>I've never had a tumble, I've never been in an accident,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can tell you there's been two times I've

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<v Speaker 2>almost been cleaned up by inattentive car drivers and when

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<v Speaker 2>I had the right of way and when I was driving,

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<v Speaker 2>when I was riding responsibly. So in the same way

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<v Speaker 2>that people need to look out for bikes, they also

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<v Speaker 2>do need to look out for e scooters and conversely,

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<v Speaker 2>people who were using that mode of transport have a

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<v Speaker 2>responsibility to use it appropriately.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, so if you get the final legal tick off,

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<v Speaker 1>Allison Neuron and being could be getting out of the

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<v Speaker 1>trucks today.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, well, so the way it works is that people

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<v Speaker 2>would be aware, I've seen it already in the city

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<v Speaker 2>of Perth. What they made the decision they're able to

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<v Speaker 2>be turned off remotely, and then well, look, it's actually

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<v Speaker 2>in Beams and Neuron's interest to gather up their assets

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<v Speaker 2>as soon as possible. They don't want to leave them

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<v Speaker 2>lying around on the streets. And you see that people

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<v Speaker 2>are already starting to pick them up, so we would

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<v Speaker 2>expect that they'd all be gone within a forty eight

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<v Speaker 2>hour period. What we're going to do is we are

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<v Speaker 2>then commissioning We're going to commission investigations into the safety

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<v Speaker 2>to sort of look at are there ways to make

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<v Speaker 2>it safer? Are there restrictions that we need to look

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<v Speaker 2>at imposing additionally, so for example, it can only be

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<v Speaker 2>used in daylight hours, or it could only be used

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<v Speaker 2>around the river or something like that. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to pre emp that, but or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the decision will be made that it's really just the

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<v Speaker 2>future of Higher East scooters is really doesn't have a place.

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<v Speaker 2>That might be what we do, but I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to preempt that. But what I do know is that

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<v Speaker 2>right now we are working with the City of Perth

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<v Speaker 2>following the lead, and we're working towards doing the same

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<v Speaker 2>thing perfectively. And the Council will talk about this more

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<v Speaker 2>fulsomely at our public Ordinary Council meeting in a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Alison, thank you very much for talking to

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<v Speaker 1>our listeners. Appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, no worries, thank you