Tag Archives: scooters
Friday, March 20, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
Transportation
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 city…
Thursday, January 23, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
Transportation
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 in…
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 by Ryan Thornton
Transportation
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 a…
Friday, May 24, 2019 by Ryan Thornton
Transportation
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, City…
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 by Jessi Devenyns
Transportation
Commission zeros in on scooter safety
A landmark study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Austin Public Health Department documented that 192 dockless scooter riders were injured between Sept. 5 and Nov. 30 last year.During that time, “There were about two injuries…
Friday, May 3, 2019 by Andrew Weber
Transportation
CDC study says Austin scooter riders don’t wear helmets, ride fast and don’t know what they’re doing
Nearly 200 people were injured because of rentable scooters between Sept. 5 and Nov. 30 last year, according to a first-of-its-kind study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Austin Public Health Department.During that time, there were…
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 by Andrew Weber
Transportation
UT will use geofencing to limit e-scooter speed to 8 mph on campus this week
Riders using rented scooters on the 40 Acres will no longer be able to go faster than 8 mph, according to UT Austin.The university said Bird, Jump, Lyft and Lime’s e-scooters will have speed restrictions on the lion’s share of…
Friday, November 30, 2018 by Ryan Thornton
Transportation
City cracks down on Lime scooters
In the same week that Parks and Recreation announced a controversial pilot program allowing electric bikes and scooters on several of the city’s most popular trails, the Austin Transportation Department has temporarily subtracted 1,000 scooters from the number of Lime’s…
