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E-scooter and bike sharing trial kicks off at Science Park 1

SINGAPORE — A week after the first electric scooter trial was launched at Suntec City, a second e-scooter sharing pilot kicked off at Science Park 1 on Wednesday (June 14).

Mr Zachary Wang, CEO of Neuron Mobility. Photo: Robin Choo

Mr Zachary Wang, CEO of Neuron Mobility. Photo: Robin Choo

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SINGAPORE — A week after the first electric scooter trial was launched at Suntec City, a second e-scooter sharing pilot kicked off at Science Park 1 on Wednesday (June 14).

Fifty e-scooters and 20 bikes are available for rent at six stations across the 30ha park under a six-month pilot by master developer Ascendas-Singbridge and Neuron Mobility, a transport technology start-up.

The GPS-enabled vehicles can be hired at S$0.50 per 15 minutes with the Neuron app, available for Android and Apple devices; a S$49 refundable deposit is required.  

To unlock the e-scooters or bikes, users have use the app to scan the QR code on the orange docking stations or the QR code on the back of the bikes respectively. 

The app also provides information on the location of six docking or parking stations, as well as the number of parking spots available at the designated areas. 

Bicycles are to be parked within a zone marked out by yellow lines, and users have to scan the QR code on the floor of the parking zone to end their ride. E-scooters are to be returned to orange docking stations nearby. 

The aim of the trial, which will end on Dec 13, is to provide users with a “convenient, on-demand alternative to walking and taking the shuttle services”, said Ascendas-Singbridge deputy group chief executive officer Manohar Khiatani. 

Users who tried out the service at Wednesday’s launch gave it a thumbs-up. “It’s very easy to learn. At first, I had trouble balancing on the e-scooter, but you can learn it in five minutes at most,” said IT manager Chandrika Gopalarao, 40. 

“The cost is quite reasonable. If it’s a short distance from the MRT to where I want to go, I might want to use it”, said SMRT senior manager Jeremy Chan, 33. 

Some users, like engineer Witono Halim, 33, were satisfied with the bicycles’ environmentally friendly features. 

He said the dynamo lighting would be particularly useful for the “many people who work overtime in Science Park and have to travel in the middle of the night”.

Depending on the results of the six-month trial, Ascendas-Singbridge will consider extending the scheme to Science Park 2.

Clarification: An earlier version of this story quoted Neuron Mobility CEO Zachary Wang as saying there are plans to extend the scheme to Science Park 2 and the rest of the island. He has clarified that he was referring to the expansion of his company's business, not the pilot.

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