Read how Visakhapatnam-based techie is trying to build headspace for e-vehicles

Source: The Hindu www.thehindu.com Imagine a city where commuting short distances on e-scooters was a reality! Inspired by the impact of Lime, a transportation-rental company based in the United States, Pradeep Narava, a city-based software engineer, built foldable e-scooters called Rideabird. These e-scooters have plenty going on from occupying less parking space to it’s low … Read more

E-Scooters return VOI on road to positive cashflow

Source: www.financial-world.org A number of young people zooming around big cities of Europe on e-bikes may have become a bizarre landscape for some pedestrians and motorbike riders, but it proffers a positive cashflow for the Swedish e-bike start-up VOI, founded in 2018. Nonetheless, addressing that VOI had reached to a regulatory code of conducts of … Read more

The Reader: Should we welcome e-scooters on our roads?

Source: London Evening Standard www.standard.co.uk TRANSPORT for London’s Mike Brown is absolutely right that we need to make sure e-scooters are used safely and responsibly on London’s streets [“TfL chief’s safety call as he predicts electric scooters will be legal on the roads”, July 8]. E-scooters for hire — alongside e-bikes and ordinary bikes — … Read more

Virginia Beach Police: Atlantic Ave. is safer for e-scooters than Pacific Ave.

Souce: Southside Daily southsidedaily.com City Council here voted in their formal meeting Tuesday to allow electric scooters in the shared trolley-bike lane on Atlantic Avenue. Council members voted 10-to-1, approving the ordinance with a “sunset clause,” — a six-month trial period stating the new law will automatically expire Jan. 9, 2020 … Read more: https://southsidedaily.com/local-news/2019/07/10/virginia-beach-police-atlantic-ave-is-safer-for-e-scooters-than-pacific-ave/

City officials consider adding e-scooters

Source: The Hutchinson News www.hutchnews.com In September 2017, the market for public transportation changed exponentially when e-scooters hit the streets — first in California, then in communities all over the world. Now local officials are exploring the possibility of bringing dockless scooter-sharing vendors to the capital city … Read more: https://www.hutchnews.com/special/20190710/city-officials-consider-adding-e-scooters

Meridian approved agreement with Bird; e-scooters to deploy by Aug. 1

Source: idahopress.com www.idahopress.com Bird’s e-scooters can finally deploy in Meridian. After months of delays, Meridian City Council approved a franchise agreement with electric-scooter company Bird on Tuesday. The agreement allows Bird to initially deploy between 100 to 150 scooters in Meridian — eventually increasing to a maximum of 500 scooters … Read more: https://www.idahopress.com/meridian/news/government/meridian-approved-agreement-with-bird-e-scooters-to-deploy-by/article_b392aff5-ca30-5471-9a30-5a62fc06c696.html