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Changes on the way for Austin's scooters

New rules — and a new focus on equity —  have arrived for Austin’s scooter rentals. Transportation and Public Works posted a new set of draft director’s rules governing the city’s shared micromobility program on May 12, which like a…

Transportation • By Miles Wall • May 14, 2025

City touts ongoing success in one-year update on micromobility program tweaks

Last April, Austin made changes to its micromobility program, cutting the number of scooters on the street by 2,000 and reducing speed limits among other things. In a one-year update, city staff say those changes have worked out as well…

Transportation • By Miles Wall • Apr 22, 2025

Audit: City needs better data to improve e-scooter rules

The city of Austin does not have enough information to ensure it can make and enforce rules governing electric scooters, according to an audit report presented to the City Council Audit & Finance Committee on Wednesday. The audit also indicated…

Transportation • By Jo Clifton • Aug 30, 2024

New scooter rules are in effect now

As of this month, new regulations dictate how scooters operate in Austin.  “I think it might be one of the biggest complaints we get in the office,” said Council Member Zo Qadri, who represents downtown. “For me, it’s not as…

Transportation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 2, 2024

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Council delays vote to expand e-scooter regulations, fines

City Council will wait until next month to begin the work that will bring more regulations and standards to the city’s bustling market for motorized scooters. Council voted on Thursday to delay action on a resolution that would direct city…

Transportation • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 24, 2023

Trash and scooters still clogging Austin creeks, study finds

The city’s attempts to keep garbage out of local creeks are still being stymied by discarded motorized scooters, according to the findings of a roughly six-month analysis of 20 watersheds throughout Austin. A memo released last week presented the findings…

Environment • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 23, 2022

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Downtown Commission proposes stricter regulation of Austin's scooter onslaught

Calls for firmer regulation of the dockless scooters, mopeds and e-bikes scattered about the city may hit the desks of City Council in coming months, as a recommendation from the Downtown Commission makes its way to the agenda. The recommendation…

Transportation • By Kali Bramble • May 24, 2022

Electric scooter and MetroBike use springs back from pandemic lows

As Austin’s streets took on a relative calm during the pandemic, the dockless electric scooters that drew love and fury when they appeared in 2018 were neglected by users. But now that people are returning to life as usual, the…

Transportation • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Jun 17, 2021

Lime and Wheels to pause shared mobility services

Lime and Wheels will be the first dockless mobility operators to disable device rentals in Austin in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Cities across the country are considering how to manage dockless mobility under rapidly evolving conditions. On Wednesday, the…

Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Mar 20, 2020

Ellis attempts to get scooters and other contaminants out of city waterways

When Council Member Paige Ellis was crafting the concept for a clean creeks initiative, she and her staff saw an opportunity to address one of the city’s more visible sources of creek and river pollution. When electric scooters end up…

Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Jan 23, 2020

Austin Transportation to set per-trip fee for dockless vehicles

The Austin Transportation Department’s dockless mobility program has decided on a per-trip vehicle fee that could result in an annual revenue boost of around $800,000. In a Dec. 10 memorandum, Robert Spillar, director of transportation, said the department has decided…

Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Dec 17, 2019

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City no longer the 'wild, wild west' of scooters

Imprudent scooter users could now face fines of up to $40 for breaking the city’s new rules of conduct for micro-mobility devices (scooters, skateboards, etc.). Though they decided to postpone two of the Austin Transportation Department’s three proposed micro-mobility ordinances,…

Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • May 24, 2019

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