Enabling safe, electrified transport options is the focus of a NSW inquiry that begins public hearings today, Tuesday 29 October. Officials from a string of Sydney councils are due to appear before the parliamentary probe following trials of various shared e-mobility schemes around the state. Their appearances come a day after a proposed legal overhaul of NSW rules for e-scooters, which are widely available to purchase but illegal to operate in public spaces - a regulation widely ignored. Transport Minister Jo Haylen said in a statement yesterday: "There are already 1.35 million e-micromobility devices in homes across NSW. Almost 460,0000 of these are e-scooters. But only 22% of people across the state know it’s illegal to ride e-scooters on our roads and streets. “It’s a strange regulatory blind...