Photo: Dott
E-scooters set to return to Nottingham streets
27 January 2025
by Christopher Carey
E-scooters will return to the streets of Nottingham for the first time in nearly 18 months, with Dott set to launch around 1,300 vehicles this spring.
Shared micromobility in the UK city has been limited to e-bikes since Superpedestrian, the company that operated Nottingham’s e-scooter hire scheme, ceased operations in December 2023.
‘We are thrilled that e-scooters are returning to Nottingham, providing a convenient, sustainable, and affordable transport option,” said Councillor Neghat Khan, Nottingham City Council Leader and Executive Member for Strategic Regeneration, Transport and Communications.
“By offering an alternative to car journeys, e-scooters will play a key role in easing congestion and lowering harmful emissions in our city. This aligns with our commitment to improving air quality and promoting greener travel for all our residents and visitors.”
Return
Since the city’s e-scooter trial began in 2020, more than 3.1 million rides have been taken with more than 4.5 million miles travelled.
Dott’s 1,300 e-scooters will be available to hire from around 300 parking locations across the city.
“We are very excited to work with Nottingham City Council to provide another efficient and sustainable transport solution to get people out of their cars,” said Peadar Golden, UK General Manager at Dott.
“As a responsible operator, Dott is bringing its experience from more than 400 cities to ensure its service is carefully integrated into the city, offering safety and reliability for riders together with orderly streets for pedestrians.”
The council say they have learned ‘key lessons’ around parking from previous e-scooter trials and the original e-scooter parking spots have been audited and reviewed – with those not meeting the council’s parking criteria set to be scrapped.
The e-scooters will be fitted with geofencing technology meaning they won’t be able to operate outside city boundaries, and the council will also be able to create ‘low-speed’ or ‘no-go’ zones.
Nottingham is one of several cities trialling e-scooters across England, which are currently set to end in May 2026.
Image: Dott
