The Council has commissioned an eScooter trial on the island as part of a national Department for Transport initiative to run 12-month trials across the country. Beryl have been selected as the operator for the trial and we are working in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, Island Roads and the local police to ensure the success of the trial.
The Beryl eScooter Share scheme is based on geo-fenced parking areas (a virtual geographic boundary around an area by means of GPS), which we call Beryl Bays. You can find the Beryl Bays in our Beryl App and on the ground marked up with green tape on the four corners of the bay. This makes it easy to find an eScooter and a place to park it at the end of your ride. This parking bay based approach means that the scheme is better managed and controlled and will not see eScooter littering the footway. If users don’t park in a Beryl Bay they are charged an additional fee and our operations team will collect the eScooter and move it to the nearest bay.
I am reaching out to you now to let you know that we have agreed on locations in Ryde, Cowes and East Cowes. Those locations are cited on Council land and have been reviewed and approved by the Isle of Wight Council, an Island Roads Safety Engineer and the Hampshire Constabulary. There are also a few locations on private land, ie. at the ferries terminals which were agreed with the private landowners.
Here is the link for the Beryl Bay locations on the island: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1oELk4WPCEPA2-F38aeZoNpURQDqtjVKT&ll=50.73705670014113%2C-1.2498891147672597&z=13
We’re really excited to be bringing eScooters to the Isle of Wight. We’d be pleased to hear from you and consider how we can work together to make this scheme a success.
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions please let me know. You can find more information about the scheme at https://beryl.cc/bikeshare/isle-of-wight.
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