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The firm hoping to put hundreds of electric scooters onto the streets of Rochdale...and how they'd make it Covid-safe

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direct to your inboxHundreds of electric scooters could soon be available to hire on the streets of Rochdale - and firms are now in the process of bidding to manage them.

Bolt, which runs electric bike, scooter and car sharing schemes across Europe, is among the companies looking to jump on board the region's ambitions for greener travel in a post-pandemic world, bolstered by new evidence of how pollution levels can fall if people reduce their car travel.

If Bolt win, they say they will bring around 25 jobs to the area when they recruit people to run the scheme. Matthew Barrie, UK country manager, told the Manchester Evening News : "With the northern transport budget slashed, shared transportation services will become more important to.

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