Álava urges a review of the ban on electric scooters on Alavabus

The General Assemblies of Álava have approved a motion urging the competent authorities to reconsider the ban on transporting electric scooters and other Personal Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) on Alavabus buses. The agreement was adopted by the Commission for Sustainable Mobility and Road Infrastructure at its meeting on October 16, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Historical Territory of Álava number 124, dated October 28, 2026, under official reference 2026-03013.

The disseminated text is Motion 73/2026, of October 16, whose wording refers expressly to “the repeal of the ban on the transport of electric scooters and other PMVs on Alavabus buses.” The initiative reaches the provincial gazette twelve days after its approval in commission and bears the signature of the President of the Chamber, Irma Basterra Ugarriza, dated in Vitoria-Gasteiz on October 16, 2026.

What exactly does the agreement request

The approved mandate does not order an immediate repeal, but rather activates a coordinated analysis to reopen the debate regarding the access of these vehicles to public transport. Specifically, the agreement provides for:

• Urging the competent authorities to analyze “in a coordinated manner” within the Transport Authority of Euskadi the regulatory updates regarding the use of electric scooters and other Personal Mobility Vehicles.
• Doing so “with the aim of reconsidering the ban on the access of these vehicles to the different modes of public transport in the Basque Country.”
• Moving the debate from a strictly provincial scope to the entirety of the autonomous community’s public transport system.

The motion does not identify in its text the specific regulation that established the veto nor the date it came into force, nor does it set a deadline for the analysis to be completed. Nor does it quantify the number of users affected by the restriction on the provincial bus network.

Who decides and within what framework

The pronouncement corresponds to the Commission for Sustainable Mobility and Road Infrastructure of the General Assemblies of Álava, the provincial parliamentary body that debates the transport policies of the Historical Territory. The execution of the mandate remains, however, in the hands of other entities:

• The Transport Authority of Euskadi, as the space where the regulatory analysis between administrations should be coordinated.
• The competent authorities in matters of public transport in the Basque Country, to whom the Chamber formally addresses itself.
• The Provincial Council of Álava itself, owner of the Alavabus network, whose usage regulations establish the conditions for the access of passengers and luggage to intercity buses.

Since it is a motion, the agreement is a political statement and impulse, not a directly applicable legal norm: the prohibition will remain in effect until the competent authority modifies the corresponding regulation.

A bulletin with four motions

The publication of Motion 73/2026 coincides in the same issue of the bulletin with three other initiatives from the Provincial Chamber approved in the preceding days:

• Motion 70/2026, of October 14, in support of the IV Collective Agreement for Social Intervention in Álava.
• Motion 71/2026, of October 14, regarding the home collection of domestic asbestos waste, which tasks the Provincial Council with a study within three months.
• Motion 72/2026, of October 15, relating to the Public Employment Offer to expand the firefighting staff.

The block of motions opens issue number 124 of the bulletin, corresponding to Wednesday, October 28, 2026, within section I, dedicated to the General Assemblies of Álava and the Provincial Administration of the Historical Territory.

Why it matters

The agreement opens a formal path to review a restriction that affects the daily lives of those who combine electric scooters with intercity buses in Álava, and it does so by placing the discussion within the Basque public transport framework rather than the strictly provincial one. The result will depend on whether the analysis by the Transport Authority of Euskadi translates into a concrete regulatory proposal and whether the Provincial Council consequently modifies the access conditions for Alavabus; until then, the veto on the transport of VPLs (light personal vehicles) on the provincial network buses remains.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Historical Territory of Álava, no. 124, of October 28, 2026, section I (General Assemblies of Álava), p. 1 (official reference: 2026-03013).