Micromobility vehicle guidelines to be unveiled soon - Wee

 

A comprehensive plan and guidelines for micromobility vehicles will be ready soon, said Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong.

This came after vocal protests against the blanket ban issued on three types of micromobility vehicles – mopeds, personal mobility devices (PMD) and personal mobility aids (PMA) – on public roads.

“The government understands the important role that micromobility can play.

“A comprehensive plan and guidelines spanning various ministries, agencies and local councils are at the final stage of completion and will be unveiled shortly,” Wee said on Facebook today.

In his post, he included screenshots of news articles about former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak disagreeing with the micromobility vehicle ban.

Previously, Najib said the use of micromobility vehicles as the first and last-mile connections is crucial to the success of public transportation, including buses, LRT, monorail, KTM Komuter and MRT.

“Therefore, my view is that the government should facilitate and promote the use of micromobility vehicles, rather than banning it,” the Pekan MP had said.

A moped is a two-wheeled or three-wheeled electric-powered vehicle with a maximum speed not exceeding 50kph.

PMD and PMA are human-powered vehicles or devices that use internal combustion engines and have a speed limit of 25kph such as electric scooters.

On April 26, the government banned the use of the three types of micromobility vehicles on the road with immediate effect.

Wee had previously said the ban was implemented in accordance with the Road Traffic (Prohibition of Use of Certain Microbility Vehicles) Rules 2021 - which came into effect on Dec 17 last year.

However, those types of vehicles are allowed in areas where there is no mixture of traffic flows involving various vehicles. - Mkini