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[e-scooers] What Can We Do to Make Dockless Electric Scooters Safer?

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Source: Streetsblog Chicago chi.streetsblog.org Thankfully, I haven’t heard about any critical injuries to riders of Chicago’s rentable electric scooters since the city’s pilot program launched on June 15. Since then, 2,500 vehicles from ten different companies have been scattered across the west- and northwest-side test zone … Read more: https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/08/30/what-can-we-do-to-make-rentable-e-scooters-safer/

[e-cooters] Electric scooters will bring benefits, cause problems, especially at shore

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Source: www.pressofatlanticcity.com Scott Chambers, owner of Zippy’s Bikes in Wildwood, has been renting out e-scooters since Memorial Day. The city hasn’t passed anything in the way of a ban. Chambers said he notified the city before he started renting them, but hasn’t heard back. “So I’m assuming it was a ‘let’s see what happens’ type … Read more

Riders give electric scooters a try as Bird returns to downtown Cleveland

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Source: www.cleveland.com Bird scooters made their return Monday in downtown Cleveland. Over the lunch hour, cleveland.com spotted the scooters at several spots on St. Clair Avenue and Ontario Street near the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, on Lakeside Avenue in front of Cleveland City Hall and on Public Square. Bird, based in Santa Monica, California, planned … Read more

[e-sooters] Colorado city bans electric scooters as popularity grows

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Source: www.kktv.com In a town were bicycles are the preferred mode of alternate transportation, electric scooters are far from welcome. Breckenridge wants to stay “scooter free.” Town leaders don’t want the e-scooter rental business to invade the streets of the popular mountain destination … Read more: https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Colorado-city-bans-electric-scooters-as-popularity-grows-549811111.html

[electric scooters] CSDD promises to introduce new regulations for electric scooters next year

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Source: www.baltictimes.com Due to the rapid increase in electric scooters on Latvia’s streets, the Latvian Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD), in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, will introduce new regulations for scooters by next summer, LETA informs. ‘’Recently, more such electric transportation devices, including scooters, have been observed on Latvia’s streets. These have become … Read more

Columbus City Council to vote on first step to bring electric scooters to Uptown

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Source: www.wtvm.com Walking around in Uptown Columbus could be a thing of the past. “There’s definitely been buzz about the scooter culture coming to Columbus,” said Columbus resident Cora King. Columbus city leaders are planning to vote on a 180-day moratorium from the consolidated government’s planning department, which would not allow anyone with scooters to … Read more