Scooters
Streetsblog California
DePaul Study: In Chicago, Scooters Are Being Used for Trips to Transit, and in Low-Income Areas
As Chicago’s dockless electric scooter pilot winds down to its eventual end on October 15, we’ve started to gain further understanding of the devices’ impact on our city.
August 26, 2019
Interview with Melinda Hanson, Bird’s Sustainability Chief
Hanson talks about Bird's life cycle environmental impacts, climate change, the Cruiser, and reclaiming streets
August 23, 2019
No, a Scooter Company Didn’t “Red Line” Poor Neighborhoods
Last week's click-bait headline about Scoot red lining in the Tenderloin and Chinatown doesn't add up
August 20, 2019
Atlanta Bans E-Scooters at Night After Drivers Kill Four Riders
Drivers, however, still may use city streets at all hours — even though motor-vehicle crashes killed 115 people in Fulton County, which encompasses most of Atlanta, in 2017.
August 12, 2019
Commentary: Scooters Another Sign of Big Tech Colonizing Public Spaces
Summer is here and the electronic hum of scooters is filling city sidewalks all over the world. From L.A. to D.C., many American downtowns have hit their one-year anniversary with scooters, and European capitals have begun to allow them.
July 24, 2019
L.A. Councilmember Koretz Calls E-Scooters “Anti-Vision Zero,” Pushes to Get Rid of Them
Koretz expressed plenty of anti-scooter sentiment, but L.A. City's dockless mobility pilot remains unchanged
June 13, 2019
Streetsblog Editorial: Don’t Leave Bike Share Customers Spinning
New branding, lawsuits, pleas from Muni's union--let's think first about transit, bike, and scooter customers who just want to get where they're going
June 12, 2019
Op-Ed: Cities Can and Should Regulate Scooters, and A.B. 1112 Doesn’t Help
It is far too soon in our embryonic dockless-mobility experience to hamstring municipal regulation.
June 7, 2019
Federal E-Scooter Safety Report Raises Serious Concerns
A new CDC study raises some concerns. But we still don't know really how injury rates compare to other modes.
May 3, 2019
Cap the Number of Scooters in SF? Don’t be Surprised They’re Not Well Distributed
Those same caps are also increasing Vehicle Miles Traveled and greenhouse gases
May 2, 2019