The results seem to show that despite Paris banning shared electric scooters, Parisians still seek out and use shared mobility devices. Now, they appear to have merely shifted to shared bikes instead of shared scooters.

Friendly reminder that correlation is not causation.

From what I remember from reading studies about usage patterns of shared scooter they seemed to be replacing mostly short walks and public transport trips, and rarely car usage (only short taxi trips IIRC). Also usage patterns are mostly for leisure and fun, and rarely commuting.

And I don’t see why someone who’s too lazy to walk or sit on a tram would use a bike now. I mean, sure, some people, but definitely not all of them.

Also, there were 15k scooters, and the number of bike rides per month exploded by at least 1 million, which would mean that every single scooter was used at least two times every day. That doesn’t feel plausible.

On the other hand, Paris is investing heavily in bike infra, so my guess would be some major player/s just dropped massive amounts of shared bikes and people who did not use them before are now using them. Could be anyone, though. Maybe 15 k people stopped using a car and are now commuting by bike twice a day… 🤷‍♀️