Councillors have heard that a “major takeaway venue” in Cambridge city
centre has agreed to only give orders to delivery drivers using push bikes.

A report to Cambridge City Council ’s west central area committee said the
takeaway, which is not named in the papers, made the decision due to its
location.

The committee, which covers the Castle, Newnham and Market areas of the
city, had previously raised that “delivery mopeds”, and e-scooters being
used illegally on public highways, was an area of concern.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary officers in the west central team agreed to try
and “reduce the number of issues caused by delivery mopeds and illegal
e-scooters” and report back to councillors on progress.

A report prepared by the force, and the community safety team at the city
council, for the committee meeting this week (June 15), said this area
“continues to be an issue”, but highlighted steps that had been taken. It
said: “The work in this area takes a number of different forms. We are
working with the city council to increase the education of users and to
ensure that where people are using the vehicles that they are doing so
legally and appropriately.

“We are also actively engaging with the venues which are serviced by these
vehicles and checking that they are taking relevant steps to ensure that
riders who are associated with their business are acting appropriately, for
example one of the major takeaway venues, due to their location, only gives
orders to riders on pedal cycles.

“The team also engage with the riders when they are waiting to collect
their order to ensure that they are not causing anti-social behaviour or
obstructing pavements, this is most notable around the Market Square. All
this work is underpinned by enforcement action taken against riders who
ride in a dangerous or anti-social manner. The team routinely challenge
this behaviour when carrying out their patrols.”

Concerns around e-scooters and the ‘e-mopeds’ being used in the city have
been raised by councillors before. Last month the city council passed a
motion calling for ‘urgently needed’ national regulation from central
government of primarily electric powered two-wheeled vehicles.

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