Bird Scooters in your city

[jtakeda]

Bird scooters, lime scooters... yall are in for a treat.

I think Santa Monica and SF got it the worst but coming to a city near you....
Trucks swerving all over the place.
people parking wherever they want sometimes in the middle of the street.
Welcome to Bird country

ps. 1st photo I stole from a local street photographer I know.

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by notsew

Well at the very least they probably won't do as much damage

Also, I was talking to someone who knew a little bit about these and other newer bike shares and apparently many of them are hoping to make money be targeted advertising. I couldn't get from him how exactly that would work, but its interesting - though maybe just hearsay. So, like everything else in life these days, you are the product.

Don't be so sure, a swerving drunk on a scooter in traffic can cause all sorts of havoc including death.

[charliedid]

In similar news, Ofo dockless bike share pulled out of Chicago after the city demanded a requirement for the bikes to be locked to something.

I'm not entirely sure yet how I feel about dockless share programs but requiring them to be locked to something flies in the face of the concept and could certainly be used to dissuade the them.

[dbh]

Originally Posted by charliedid

In similar news, Ofo dockless bike share pulled out of Chicago after the city demanded a requirement for the bikes to be locked to something.

I'm not entirely sure yet how I feel about dockless share programs but requiring them to be locked to something flies in the face of the concept and could certainly be used to dissuade the them.

Here in the Boston area, the dockless bikeshare system has become a real problem. The city and a few central towns have a docked system with exclusive rights. A number of suburban towns have deals with dockless systems. The problem is that folks ride the dockless bikes into Boston and just leave them. They clutter sidewalks etc. Folks have started tossing the dockless bikes into dumpsters and the harbor.

[cachagua]

Folks have started tossing the dockless bikes into dumpsters and the harbor.

Oh, Boston, balm to my soul!

No taxation without representation, and get that thing the f--k off my YAAAHD!

I love these people.

[cderalow]

We’ve got docked, dock less and now scooters in dc.

Haven’t done the scooters or dockless bikeshare yet. Use the docked bikeshare for short trips around the city.

Dockless is starting to be a nuisance around town with bikes being left randomly. Not sure if people have started tossing them in the river yet. They get dumped where ever including on some of the MUPs.

Docked is a bit of a nuisance as my office is in a heavy use area. So the nearest corral is either full or empty.

Scooters seem pretty heavily used and like dockless just random.



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[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by SoCalSteve

Turns out you must be 18 or older to ride them.

https://www.bird.co/agreement

And you're supposed to wear a helmet. Lime offers 2 locations in California where you can pick up a loaner helmet. Pretty thorough coverage, huh...

[cmg]

on an off topic. the adoption of electric powered transportation even as small as these scooters quickens the development of more robust battery systems and the impending death of the internal combustion engine or the current poorly managed public transit system. That sounds like a good thing till I discover I can't afford an electric car either...or the per trip cost of leasing even on the temporary basis of the electric scooters. $10 an hour, $100 a day no way. the future's so dark.............

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by cmg

...the impending death of the internal combustion engine

Not in my lifetime...

And while my house generates 40% more electricity than we consume on an annual basis, there isn't a single EV on the market that interests me (I'm a car guy...)

[Hellgate]

Originally Posted by cmg

Has your city been invaded by the electric "Bird" scooters? they're all over SA and Austin. looks like fun. at .15 a minute ($10 an hour) seems like a better solution than the rent a bike that's also here.

Bird, as in grackle? Those and the damn yellow bikes are all over town.

[ptourkin]

Don't ban scooters. Redesign streets:

https://www.curbed.com/word-on-the-s...d-lime-streets

[Pinned]

These things are all over LA - they have rightfully earned the ire of pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers alike. I'm not sure if the tourists or the locals are the biggest offenders here, but people riding them seem to be much more reckless than any cyclists.

On the flip side, I think they are a lot of fun and are a much more environmentally friendly way to get around than Uber if I need to get somewhere quickly that isn't bike friendly.

I hope that regulation / local laws tighten things up in the safety regard soon because here in LA we need any incentive we can get for people to utilize public transit or cut down on car use. These things are a great step in that direction.

[Ken Robb]

A wag in San Diego wrote: "If I drop a candy wrapper on the sidewalk I can be cited for littering but if I dump my Bird Scooter there it's fine".

[cmg]

the next generation will be people buying electric scooters instead of renting them. this city is embracing them. saw a group riding south of downtown this morning. faster than waiting for a city bus.

[Mikej]

Here is the only problem, cities aren’t collecting registration fees. Once you pay the city, it’ll be fine.