Ontarios 10-year e-scooter pilot a slap in the face, disability advocacy group says [Video]

Ontario has quietly extended a five-year pilot allowing electric scooters to be ridden in some towns and cities until the end of the decade, a move critics say avoids public scrutiny and acts as a “complete slap in the face” to vulnerable and older people.

At the beginning of 2020, the Ford government introduced a micro-mobility pilot, allowing municipalities that opted in to create rules allowing electric scooters to be ridden within their boundaries.

The pilot program, which was met with fierce opposition from disability advocates, was due to expire at the end of 2024.

Shortly before it was due to expire, however, the government added another five years to the clock, meaning the now 10-year pilot will be in place until the end of the decade.

“Not only is this extension unnecessary, it is a complete slap in the face to vulnerable people with disabilities and seniors across Ontario,” David Lepofsky, chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians …