IN FOCUS: The PMD footpath ban a year on - what has changed?

Mr Koh added that a resulting fall in PMD imports, plus new requirements such as mandatory inspections and theory tests, have made it unattractive to own the devices.

“Better demarcation and more signals specifically designed for pedestrians, cyclists, and PMD riders would be great to improve safety,” said Dr Rojas. “Ultimately everyone keeps blaming the device instead of the errant rider,” said the former member of the Active Mobility Advisory Panel, which proposes regulations on the safe use of bicycles and PMDs in public places here.

While the e-bike population has barely moved since January 2018 when registration of the devices was made mandatory, their numbers went up slightly this year to about 15,800 as of May - a 16 per cent increase from October last year when their numbers stood at about 13,600.There has also been a slight increase in the number of e-bike accidents.

“We have not received any complaints or penalties from the government for incidents involving PMD or PAB riders on footpaths,” said a Deliveroo spokesperson. “Seeing no hope for the local market, we managed to export to overseas business friends on a consignment basis,” said Mobot managing director Ifrey Lai, noting that it was able to get back part of its recovery cost but incurred a “slight loss” in doing so.

In line with the ban, LTA also scrapped plans for a PMD-sharing service licence, which saw 12 firms vying to operate under the scheme. “We started off in Singapore with one of the first rental e-scooter programmes, and subsequently made a strategic decision to concentrate our efforts in Australia and New Zealand ,” said a Neuron spokesperson.

It has become safer for pedestrians, although some PMD can still be seen zooming around, but hardly reports of pedestrian being knocked down.

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