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Le Havre face to the challenge of free-floating scooters: a triple territorial innovation test
[Le Havre face aux trottinettes en free-floating. Une triple épreuve d’innovation territoriale]

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  • Philippe Vidal

    (EVS - Environnement, Ville, Société - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - Mines Saint-Étienne MSE - École des Mines de Saint-Étienne - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon - Université de Lyon - INSA - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - ENSAL - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Lyon - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - ALLHiS - Approches Littéraires, Linguistiques et Historiques des Sources - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne)

  • Bénédicte Martin

    (EDEHN - Equipe d'Economie Le Havre Normandie - ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université)

  • Alexandre Cuvier

    (IDEES - Identité et Différenciation de l’Espace, de l’Environnement et des Sociétés - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IRIHS - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et Société - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université)

Abstract

This article examines the popular and media success of Lime scooters in Le Havre using a convention analysis grid. This theoretical approach is used to analyse the factors behind this success and to show how a collective urban agreement was formed around this networked electric mobility device, which has been widely criticised in many other French cities. The process involves a triple test of local innovation: the regulatory test, the technical test and the recognition test. The success of these tests will lead to a stable civil-industrial compromise, which may however become fragile if the 'rules' change, especially with each new ambition of the project.

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  • Philippe Vidal & Bénédicte Martin & Alexandre Cuvier, 2025. "Le Havre face to the challenge of free-floating scooters: a triple territorial innovation test [Le Havre face aux trottinettes en free-floating. Une triple épreuve d’innovation territoriale]," Post-Print hal-05355470, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05355470
    DOI: 10.1684/ges.2025.32
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