Vienna in e-moped chaos: threaten job losses for meal deliverers?

Vienna in e-moped chaos: threaten job losses for meal deliverers?

in Vienna, it is boiling in transport policy. The city plans a radical new regulation for electromopeds that have so far been considered bicycles and are mainly used by food deliverers. According to Falter , these e-mopeds, which are not allowed to drive faster than 25 km/h, will soon have to be treated as classic motor vehicles. This brings with it some profound changes and ensures serious concerns in the industry.

The city's traffic experts have observed that the majority of the electric moped drivers in Vienna are food suppliers who are not only on bike paths, but also on the walking climb and crosswalks. This development has led to the city now reacted and want to change the road traffic regulations in order to regulate the increasing use of e-mopeds. The plan stipulates that these vehicles will need approval, insurance and moped certificate in the future and that they are no longer allowed to drive on cycle paths. This could have a strong influence on the way of working and existence by many deliverers: inside that are often under high time pressure, since their payment is based on pieces.

rules and consequences

With the new regulations, a helmet obligation is also introduced, which could also change the everyday life of the food deliverers: inside. However, the Vida union warns that many of these riders: inside as free employees: work inside and therefore have hardly any social security. Markus Petritsch from Vida has made concern that the costs for approval and insurance could exceed the value of the e-mopeds itself, which is a serious financial risk for many.

The union demands that platform operators have to cover the conversion costs and pay for the training and the new equipment. "We have to create clear rules for the platforms to ensure social security and fair remuneration," emphasizes Petritsch. These demands also include the introduction of a commercial basic qualification for the small transport and messenger industry as well as the implementation of the EU platform work directive in national law to improve the working conditions of the deliverers: inside.

What is the problem?

The planned change in the law aims to increase security on the bike paths and to create clear rules for the use of electric mopeds. But the critics warn that this project in particular the freelance deliverers could hit hard. After all, many of them handle the e-mopeds themselves, and the financial burdens tend to pull the ground away from them soon.

The signs of storm for the food deliverers in Vienna, who now have to adapt to an uncertain future. According to 5min it could also be about job losses, but also a fundamental upheaval of the working conditions in a professional field, the already strongly contested is.

The city will have to worry about bringing light into the dark and the needs of the citizens: inside, delivery services and traffic safety. It remains to be seen how this area of tension can be dissolved and whether the new rules will actually contribute to improving the situation or whether they are more of a greater uncertainty.