Source: Stuff.co.nz www.stuff.co.nz Articles appear almost daily, calling for a ban on e-scooters in New Zealand. Now, after a man sadly died in Auckland while on an e-scooter – although he suffered a medical event – it prompted renewed calls for the scooters to be banned. The first time someone died in an automobile accident … Read more
Source: www.kare11.com More e-scooters are hitting the streets of Minneapolis. As part of the city-wide pilot program, Lyft is the latest company to bring scooters to the area. They recently added between 100 and 200 scooters, and could have more than 600 in Minneapolis soon … Read more: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-sunrise/lyft-the-latest-company-to-bring-e-scooters-to-minneapolis/89-c12f27d9-5a5f-4c97-94c7-d438febf0f8f
Source: www.nj.com Thanks to a vote of Hoboken city council members, residents will not be voting on whether electric scooter ride-sharing companies should operate in the city. The City Council voted 5-2 Thursday on an ordinance to place a non-binding referendum on the ballot in November … Read more: https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/07/hoboken-city-council-says-no-to-e-scooter-november-ballot-referendum.html
Source: Oregonlive.com www.oregonlive.com As reported in “Divers pull e-scooters, bikes from Willamette River” on June 27, spokespeople for the e-scooter companies expressed their concerns: “vandalizing the scooters shouldn’t be accepted” and “if people see a scooter being vandalized, they should report it.” Report it to whom? We must assume that if e-scooter riders are seen … Read more
Source: Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca Haligonians and tourists will soon have a new way to get around the municipality by riding an electronic scooter. Segway Nova Scotia is introducing the area to the technology by bringing in 30 e-scooters to their Waterfront location … Read more: E-scooters soon to be available in Halifax as alternative mean of … Read more
Source: Star Tribune startribune.com Dockless electric scooters have arrived in Edina, continuing the mobility-sharing pilot program that began in the west metro suburb last summer with dockless bikes. The so-called e-scooters are popping up in various parts of Edina through Lime … Read more: http://m.startribune.com/dockless-e-scooters-arrive-in-edina/512233562/