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🇮🇹 When in Rome, do as the Romans say

This weekend, Dott and Lime faced fines from Rome due to a lack of compliance with the city’s fleet density rules.

Rome has a history of enforcing strict rules for their operators to abide by, particularly concerning vehicle locations, density and the distance between each vehicle (see p14 of our Q2 2023 Index for more info). Dott and Lime struggled to meet these rules, and as a consequence are banned from operating across the city for 7 days. It will be impossible to rent Lime’s scooters from June 1st to 7th, their bikes from June 8th to 14th and Dott’s bikes from June 15th to 21st.

The municipality wrote to the operators, stating that “the reiteration of such non-compliance for a further month will result in the suspension of the service for 30 consecutive days and the withdrawal of the vehicles”. The operators also face financial penalties, Lime’s totalling over €80,000.

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