E-Scooters

Dockless Bike Share

Dockless Pedal Bikeshare Loses Traction

Once a darling of investors and urbanists alike, pedal-driven dockless bikeshare is getting eclipsed by e-scooters and e-bikes.

October 12, 2018 - Streetsblog USA

Scooter Share

More Rights, Fewer Responsibilities, for Electric Scooter Riders in California

A bill that would toss the helmet requirement for adult e- scooter riders and allow them to ride on roads where the speed limit is 35 mph, up from the current limit of 25 mph, is on Governor Jerry Brown's desk. He has until Sept. 30 to decide.

September 4, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

Scooter Citations

Pilot Bike and Scooter Share Program Inspires Protest in Santa Monica

Bird and Lime launched their "Day Without A Scooter" protest this week.

August 16, 2018 - Santa Monica Daily Press

E-Scooters

Looking for Scooter Shame, a Local Paper Found Scooter Support

The Willamette Week put out a call for tips about electric scooter users acting badly. They got an earful of the unexpected.

August 9, 2018 - Willamette Week

San Francisco Bike Lane

Bird, Lime Now Valued Over $3 Billion

The fast-rising scooter companies recently hauled in big investment dollars. Lime's investment comes by way of Uber.

July 11, 2018 - CNN Tech

Electric Scooter Share

Bad Break for Scooter Rental Company in its Hometown

Years before there was e-scooter-share, there was electric (Vespa-like) scooter-share in San Francisco by start-up Scoot. Now that they are ready to launch electric bikeshare, the city won't let them, unlike Barcelona, Spain where it began service.

May 31, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

Dockless Bikeshare

Report Offers Strategies for Dockless Bike and Scooter Success

The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy weighs in on the hottest topic in alternative transportation.

May 21, 2018 - Mashable

E-Scooters

Plugging in Scooters for a Living

Electric scooters need maintenance and charges, so Bird is using the gig economy to make sure its scooters keep scooting.

May 12, 2018 - Curbed

San Francisco Bike Lane

E-Scooters and Dockless Bikeshare Could Deliver Transit Access to the Underserved

Instead of focusing on the potential of new forms of for-hire personal transportation to level the mobility playing field, every article about scooters and dockless bikeshare seems to go something like this: "Deadly Scooter Craze Scoots On."

May 8, 2018 - Recode

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