HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston City Council decided on Wednesday to ban electric scooters at certain times of day.

This is something the council was also considering back in the summer .

It was on Wednesday's agenda again, though this time posed as a citywide ban on e-scooters from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., which passed unanimously.

The city says data from the Houston Fire Department shows that between those hours is when nearly 80% of all incidents involving e-scooters happen downtown.

On the city council agenda, it says the city receives lots of complaints from people about the e-scooters blocking sidewalks and being hazards for people walking, especially in and around Discovery Green and downtown.

The city says that targeted enforcement over the past four years has resulted in mor

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