PWDA Submission to E-Micromobility Sharing Schemes Reform
April 2026
PWDA welcomed the opportunity to provide feedback on the NSW Government’s E-micromobility sharing schemes reform.
Note: In this submission *E-micromobility is referencing shared e-bike and e-scooter programs.
Micromobility has the potential to improve transport amenity for its users and safety for everyone by reducing car trips. Car drivers colliding with pedestrians are the most common cause of injury and death, and NSW has the highest rates of fatality. We support measures that reduce the number of car journeys, provided they are enacted in ways that keep pedestrians and people with disability safe.
We are pleased to see that some of the elements people with disability have been calling for are mentioned in the New Approach to Sharing Scheme Reforms Summary Paper – including planning for safe parking and rider education, but more needs to be done.
It has been nearly 9 years since the first share bike schemes came to NSW in July 2017. Whilst the switch from ‘standard’ to electric share bikes reduced the numbers of dumped bicycles at the bottom of hills, many issues that have been raised consistently by people with disability since then have not been addressed.
This includes the obstruction of footpaths by parked or toppled devices, footpath riding and rider behavior that endangers people with disability.
