Recent Streetsblog USA posts about E-scooters

Cities are struggling to regulate electric bikes and scooters forcing some companies to remove them from city streets.

Uber Slams Brakes on Bike Share Expansion

By Aaron Short | Sep 16, 2019 | 2 Comments

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.

E-scooters are providing another option to Chicagoans not served by transit or with little access to bike share stations like the one above.

Scooters Quenching Thirst in Chicago’s Transit Deserts

By Aaron Short | Aug 20, 2019

An pilot program shows that the devices are popular in low-income neighborhoods where transit is scarce.

A scooter ban in Nashville could have implications for crackdowns in other cities.

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Scoot Over: Nashville Unplugs E-Scooters

By Aaron Short | Jun 27, 2019 | 13 Comments

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.

Tuesday’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | May 21, 2019

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 […]

Bike Walk Nashville actually held a class instructing people on how to scoot safely. Photo: Bike Walk Nashville

Fed E-Scooter Safety Study Raises Serious Concerns

By Angie Schmitt | May 3, 2019 | 4 Comments

A new CDC study raises some concerns. But we still don't know really how injury rates compare to other modes.

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