Bikes may be allowed on footpaths by year end

IT COULD be legal to ride a bicycle or electric scooter on footpaths by the end of this year, after the Government fully accepted an expert panel’s recommendations to boost the use of such devices here.

Senior Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo said Singapore has to make a “quantum leap” in improving first- and last-mile connectivity for commuters, and close the gap with cycling cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen.