Resolution ending free-floating parking for scooters and bikes in Turin
Date of the event:
On 11 November 2026 the City of Turin approved a Giunta (city executive) resolution decreeing the gradual phase-out of the «free floating» model — the free parking introduced in 2017 for shared e-scooters, bicycles and electric scooters — in favour of a «station based» system, which requires two-wheeled sharing vehicles to be left exclusively within dedicated parking bays [1][2].
The measure
The decision extends to the whole urban area a rule already in force in the so-called "piazze auliche" (prestige squares) of the city centre and along the Murazzi riverside, while on via Roma the ban on all electric vehicles remains in force, with the exception of traditional bicycles [1].
Alongside the 231 parking areas that already exist, able to hold 1,600 vehicles, the city administration is adding new parking zones at strategic hubs such as railway stations, university sites, hospitals and car parks. The measure is part of a metropolitan-wide plan that also involves 15 municipalities of the surrounding belt, aimed at encouraging integration between micromobility and public transport [1].
Context
The measure is intended to curb the parking of vehicles on pavements or close to roadways, which over the years has obstructed cycle paths, vehicle traffic and pedestrian passage, causing problems reported in particular by people with motor or visual disabilities and by parents with pushchairs [1].
Turin is not the first major city to take action on shared micromobility: while Florence in Italy and Paris in Europe have chosen to ban shared e-scooters altogether, the Piedmont capital has opted instead to reorganise parking spaces [1].
Sources
- Stop alla sosta selvaggia di monopattini e bici, arrivano i parcheggi obbligatori a Torino — Quotidiano Piemontese, 11 November 2026
- Stop alla sosta selvaggia: ecco la svolta di Torino su monopattini e bici in sharing — La Stampa, 11 November 2026