According to the ABC newspaper, the three companies in question (Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility) operate a total of six thousand scooters spread across the Spanish capital.

This week, the councillor for Urbanism, Environment and Mobility, Borja Carabante, signed the decree that prevents these companies from operating, causing the devices in question to disappear from the city as of October this year.

"Our priority is the physical integrity and safety of the people of Madrid. We are revoking the authorisation of the companies that operate scooters on the city's streets. They have failed to comply with the conditions imposed to guarantee the safety of pedestrians, especially the elderly. The revocation will be fully effective in October", wrote the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, on X (formerly Twitter).

According to ABC, citing the mayor, no technological improvements were made to ensure that users did not ride on sidewalks or park in inappropriate places. The number of scooters and their distribution throughout the city also failed to comply with the imposed conditions.

Users who have their own scooters can, however, continue to ride normally.