E-scooters
Basics
Uber Slams Brakes on Bike Share Expansion
Uber is removing its fleet of electric bikes from Atlanta and San Diego this month as the company struggled with increased regulations on transportation devices in urban areas and staggering losses.
September 16, 2019
Scooters Quenching Thirst in Chicago’s Transit Deserts
An pilot program shows that the devices are popular in low-income neighborhoods where transit is scarce.
August 20, 2019
Scoot Over: Nashville Unplugs E-Scooters
Baby, meet bathwater: Nashville Mayor David Briley is moving to end his city's e-scooter program after a scooter rider was killed by a car driver last month.
June 27, 2019
Tuesday’s Headlines
Paging Mayor Bowser: Dave Salovesh’s ghost bike was, yes, run over by a car driver over the weekend. (Curbed) Bikes contributed to the suffrage movement at the turn of the 20th century by giving women freedom of movement and confidence, and even changing fashion. Today, there’s a renewed push to convince planners to consider the … Continued
May 21, 2019
Fed E-Scooter Safety Study Raises Serious Concerns
A new CDC study raises some concerns. But we still don't know really how injury rates compare to other modes.
May 3, 2019
Scooter Trips Surpass Docked Bike Share for the First Time
People took 38.5 million rides on e-scooters last year — just more than the 36.5 million logged by users of bike share systems.
April 17, 2019
New House Transportation Chair: ‘We Need to Move Beyond Fossil Fuel’
Peter Defazio, the new chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, talks bikes, pedestrians and transit — and getting us off fossil fuel.
January 29, 2019
UPDATED: Baltimore May Jail E-Scooter Speeders
Legislation being considered by the City Council would give police the option of jailing e-scooter riders for up to 30 days for minor infractions.
January 28, 2019
New Study of E-Scooter Injuries Raises More Questions than it Answers
The Journal of the American Medical Association is pushing for helmets, but the actual data is still open to interpretation.
January 25, 2019
Local Bike Advocates: E-Scooters Are Game-Changing
In Nashville, Kansas City and Baltimore, advocates raised a couple concerns. But they all say scooters seem to be meeting a real need.
January 14, 2019
