Plans to achieve a threefold expansion in the cycling network before an original 2030 deadline could be brought forward. The move ties in well with overall attempts to improve infrastructure to facilitate active mobility. The new aim is to expand the network from 440km to about 1,300km a couple of years earlier than targeted, a move to address concerns among e-scooter users over the lack of usable space for their devices following a ban from footpaths. It was announced earlier that the network would be increased to 750km by 2025 and to about 1,300km by 2030. Expediting the expansion is an example of a policy tweak that meets unexpected developments such as the accidents that led to the ban.

Successful policies meet at least two divergent challenges. In the case of the footpath ban, it was necessary to restore safety to footpaths in the wake of accidents that clearly threatened pedestrians. However, the ban needed to contend with the larger need to increase connectivity by improving the active mobility infrastructure. Neither of these goals could be sacrificed in pursuit of the other. The challenge lay in accommodating the legitimate needs of pedestrians while simultaneously expanding the sphere of active mobility, particularly when it impinged on the livelihood of food-delivery workers, for example. With the footpath ban, e-scooters - already banned on the roads - were confined to the 440km of cycling paths islandwide, instead of the 5,500km of footpaths that riders could use before. This alarmed riders and led many to petition their Members of Parliament. The Transport Ministry came up with a $7 million grant to help riders replace their e-scooters with e-bikes or bicycles. The financial initiative indicated that the authorities treated the economic concerns of workers in the gig economy seriously, as they should.