Electric Scooters

Report: Shared Bikes and Scooters Could Reduce Car Trips By 50 Percent in Downtowns
A new report by INRIX Research ranks cities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany for the potential of micrombility devices to reduce automobile trips.

Why Bird Ended its Infrastructure Funding Program
Months after ending a program to help cities fund transportation infrastructure improvements, a company official says city governments were misusing the funds.

After a Bus Kills a Scooter Rider, Two Councilmembers Call for Complete Streets
No victim blaming or scooter shaming here. Two Atlanta politicians have responded to a recent tragedy by calling for more traffic safety improvements.

Statewide Scooter Bill Falls Short in California
Legislation that would have preempted local laws, and had the support of major scooter companies, is now a two-year bill.
Scooter Vigilante Shut Down
A scooter vigilante's activities in Scottsdale were short lived. A local columnist has an ambivalent take on the story.

Bird's the Word: A Two-Wheeled, Two-Seater Electric Bike
Bird, a brand synonymous with electric scooters, recently unveiled a new electric bike.

State Preemption and Electric Scooters
The great battle between local control and state preemption shifts focus again in California. This time micromobility, electric scooters and the like, are on the front line of the conflict.

Uber and Lyft Worry They'll Be Forced to Share Ride-Hailing Data After Sharing Scooter Data
A fight over the travel data of shared use mobility companies is just starting in Los Angeles.

Electric Scooters Less Common in Low-Income Neighborhoods, Despite Local Regulations
Regulations for the operation of electric scooter share in Columbus, Ohio require companies to distribute scooter in low-income neighborhoods. The companies haven't been living up to their part of the deal.

CDC Releases Report on Electric Scooters and Public Health
A highly anticipated analysis of public health outcomes caused by the proliferation of electric scooters has been released. Most of the reported are considered preventable.

A Local's Guide to Micromobility
Local governments struggling to keep up with the fast-paced innovations of the micromobility industry can make use of a new report from the National league of Cities.

Electric Scooters Blast Profanity and Racism After Hacking in Australia
People have found many destructive ways to express their displeasure with electric scooter share, but this is a first.

A Company of Scooter Vigilantes Sparks a Lawsuit
A lawsuit by Bird and Lime against the company Scooter Removal highlights the difficult challenges required to reconcile the private interests of new mobility companies with the access to the public realm on which they depend.

The State of Micromobility
The NACTO Bike Share and Micromobility Initiative yesterday published a bunch of data and infographics to explain the state of shared micromobility, defined as station-based bikeshare, dockless bike share, and scooter share.

Scooter Media Brief: Electric Scooters Emerge Victorious in the Dockless Bike Share Game
At the beginning of 2017, few people in the United States could have predicted the quick rise to prominence of dockless bike share companies. Even fewer could have predicted what would happen next.

Scooter Media Brief: Safety, Security, and Business Models Raise Concerns
Recent news has revealed some cracks in the pavement below the speedy wheels of electric scooter share.

Scooter Media Brief: A Fork in the Road for Scooters
A few milestones stick out from the rest of the scooter news from January 2019.

Scooter Media Brief: The Dawn of the Age of Scooters
Electric scooter rentals will never be new again.

Scooter Media Brief: Then the CDC Rode In
There's still plenty of electric scooter news in the world.

Scooter Media Brief: We Still Haven't Figured Scooters Out
A few notes on the policy landscape and media narratives that have emerged in response to the sudden appearance of electric scooter rental companies onto the planning scene.
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