E-scooters
Basics
Opinion: E-Bikes Are An Economic Boost That Cities Must Seize
E-bikes and scooters are reshaping local retail markets by expanding who can reach neighborhood businesses with frequency, ease, and convenience.
January 7, 2026
How To End Your City’s Fight Over Scooter Parking Once and For All
Micromobility riders need a good place to end their ride just like everyone else — and cities can accomplish several goals at once by giving them one.
May 14, 2025
What Happens to E-Bikes and E-Scooters In NYC? They’re Fish Food
A green group has pulled 410 scooters and e-bikes out of the Bronx River since July 2023. What the hell?!
September 13, 2024
What Happened When Streetsblog Chicago Accepted a Skeptic’s Challenge to Count Vehicles on a Protected Bike Lane
Spoiler: they won, but that's not all they learned.
September 10, 2024
Micromobility Is Having a Weird Year
By all accounts, micromobility is taking off. So why are so many systems shutting down?
November 20, 2023
Study: How Low-Income People Really Use Micromobility
Shared bikes and scooters are meeting low-income people's basic mobility needs — but they're not being subsidized like it.
September 20, 2023
Why US Cities Are Rolling Back Shared Mobility Bans
An increasing number of U.S. cities that once banned shared bikes and scooters are welcoming the modes back to their streets — and prompting a conversation about why they were ever restricted in the first place.
June 13, 2023
Advocates: City Must Make E-Mobility Safer and More Widespread — And Here’s How To Do It
The bike boom is now going vroom, vroom.
May 17, 2023
Opinion: Bloomington, Ind. Makes Smart Move to Mandate Seated Vehicles in its Micromobility Program
Bloomington, Indiana is pioneering a new approach to micromobility: by this summer, 25 percent of each operator’s micromobility fleet must consist of sit-down scooters or e-bikes.
April 28, 2023
Finally! Uber Helps Fund Two Battery Buy-Back Programs
The San Francisco-based tech giant, which so far has remained relatively silent on an issue that has blazed through the city, is helping fund the two separate pilot programs both aimed at improving access to safe e-bikes and batteries.
April 11, 2023
