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Local Government Responses to Scooters -
By State and City

AL (state law on e-scooters)

• Birmingham
  • Get ready to ride…again! Electric bikes + scooters are back in Birmingham (11/10/2020) (new ordinance) (Gotcha & Veo)

AR (state law on e-scooters)

• Little Rock
  • Little Rock board approves rule tweaks, revenue collection on scooters (12/2/2020) (banned from certain neighborhoods, one rider only, helmets required for operators under 18)
  • Little Rock Partners With E-Scooter Company To Launch Pilot Program (12/24/2018)

AZ (state law on e-scooters)

• Peoria
  • Ordinance authorizing pilot program (12/9/2018) 
    • Flying the coop: Bird scooters to no longer fly in Peoria after negotiations end (1/24/2019) (A key issue between city and scooter company was the allocation of risk and exposure to liability and law suits.)
    • Scooters to be removed from Glendale (2/11/2019)
• Phoenix
  • New Fees and Ordinance to be Proposed in Feb. 2019
    • After Complying With City Rules, Lime Scooters Will Return to Downtown Phoenix (9/25/2019)
    • Where'd All The Scooters Go? 3 Days Into Pilot Program, Bird And Lime Disappear From Phoenix (9/23/2019)
    • Phoenix Prepares For Downtown Scooters, Hires Retrieval Company (9/5/2019)
    • E-scooters launch mid-September in downtown Phoenix (8/26/2019)
    • Love 'Em or Hate 'Em, Electric Scooters Could Soon Come to Downtown Phoenix (1/19/2019)
• Scottsdale
  • Ordinance (11/13/2018)
    • Uber brings 1,000 electric bikes and scooters to Scottsdale, Mesa (1/15/2019)
• Tempe
  • Resolution establishing licensing program li (1/10/2019) 
  • Terms and conditions of license (1/10/2019)
    • Tempe passes license to regulate scooter and dockless bike companies (1/11/2019)
• Tucson
  • E- Scooter Pilot Program (launched 9/12/2019)
    • E-scooter parking now available along 4th Avenue (1/24/2020)
    • E-Scooter Companies Work to Revise Rules Amid Complaints (1/9/2020) 
    • UA, TDOT partner for e-scooter research projects (12/9/2019)
    • Tucson City Council tells companies to solve e-scooter problems in neighborhoods (12/4/2019)
    • Lessons from Tempe: City explains e-scooter regulations (9/9/2019)
    • Rental electric scooters will slowly stop if rider enters UA campus (9/9/2019)

CA (state law on e-scooters)

• Bakersfield
  • Bird scooters are back. Are they here to stay? (12/24/2020)
•  Berkeley
  • Requires all firms offering transportation services to have a franchise agreement with the city (in addition to a business license). As of late summer 2018 no scooter company had been granted one. After shared bikes, scooters: Berkeley wrestles with how to handle them (8/14/2018)
  • In 2019 it invited applications to participate in a pilot
• Long Beach
  • E-scooter share program
    
    • Long Beach is losing (lots of) money every month that it doesn’t regulate e-scooters (1/29/2019) (because it charges no fee)
• Los Angeles
  • Where did all the scooters go? (3/2/2020)
  • L.A. wins appeal in fight with Uber over scooter and bike data (1/11/2020)
  • Uber Challenges Los Angeles’s Suspension of Its Scooters (11/14/2019)
  • L.A. Wants to Know Where Scooter Commuters Are Going. Uber Says That’s Government Surveillance (11/5/2019)
  • Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data (10/30/2019)
  • Los Angeles Suspends Uber’s Scooters Over Data Fight (10/30/2019)
  • UCLA Transportation agreement with e-scooter companies to impose new restrictions (9/15/2019)
  • A Controversial Scooter Data Tracking Program Gains Traction (8/23/2019)
  • LAPD Launches Task Force To Crack Down On Scooters (8/22/2019)
  • As scooters flood Los Angeles, the number of tickets written to riders is soaring (8/23/2019)
  • These Sidewalk Stencils Aim To Curb LA Scooter Scofflaws' Bad Riding (8/2/2019)
  • E-scooters now seem less likely to run people off sidewalks (7/20/2019)
• Los Angeles County:
  • L.A. County Bike-Share Systems Varied Responses to COVID-19 (4/14/2020)
  • Scooters took over Venice and Santa Monica. L.A. County has a different plan (1/21/2019)
• Oakland
  • Ordinance (9/17/2018)
  • Developments: 
    • Coronavirus: Lyft pulls electric scooters out of San Jose, Oakland (4/30/2020)
    • Oakland OKs 3,500 rental e-scooters from Bird, Lime, Lyft, Clevr (7/2/2019)
      • OakDOT Announces Permits for Shared E-Scooters (7/10/2019)
    • Mobility and Equity: How Oakland is getting scooter regulation right — and changing the complexion of urban transportation (7/17/2019)
• Sacramento
  • Ordinance (4/2/2019)
  • Regulations (4/25/2019)
  • Developments: 
    • Electric scooters make quiet return to Sacramento (6/23/2020)
    • Riding an e-scooter on the sidewalk in Sacramento could now cost you $207 (11/19/2019)
    • Sacramento now has 2 electric scooter options. What’s the difference between Jump and Lime? (7/31/2019)
    • Scooters can help Sacramento’s traffic and air. Are you riding them correctly? (7/25/2019) 
• San Diego 
  • City Council Passes Dockless Scooter Rules (5/10/2019)
    • Shared mobility devices ordinance (5/17/2019)
    • Fees (4/26/2019)
  • Rules and regulations
  • Bicycle and scooter sharing
  • Developments: 
    • Scooters nearly went extinct in San Diego due to COVID-19. Now use is climbing again (8/27/2020)
    • San Diego preps to enforce scooter boardwalk ban (2/20/2020)
    • New Polls Show San Diegans Want Stricter Regs on Scooters, Oppose Bike Lanes in Exchange for Loss of Parking (1/13/2020)
    • San Diego bans e-scooters along the boardwalk from Mission Beach to La Jolla (12/16/2019)
    • Lime Scooters Aren’t Going Anywhere, City Loses Battle To Revoke Operating Permit [for ineffective implementation of geofencing] (12/6/2019)
    • San Diego proposes midnight curfew, other rule changes for dockless e-scooters (11/20/2019)
    • Scooter Frustrations and Sharp Ridership Falloff (10/26/2019) (Is it more stringent regulation or a seasonal drop?)
    • New rules shaping scooter use in San Diego (10/10/2019)
    • Welcome to San Diego. Don’t Mind the Scooters. (9/16/2019)
    • Jump out of San Diego citing rules (9/12/2019)
    • City releases online map of all electric scooter corrals (9/27/2019)  (map)
    • City impounds 2,500 scooters during Comic-Con weekend (7/22/2019)
    • San Diego Mayor: Scooter companies caught violating speed rules (7/19/2019)
    • Deadline reached for San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer's scooter company ultimatum (7/30/2019)
    • The Battle Over Scooter Impound In San Diego May Help Cities Improve Scooter Hygiene (7/30/2019)
• San Francisco 
  • Ordinances and SFMTA rules:
    • Parking (1/9/2018)
    • Powered Scooter Share Program (4/24/2018)
    • Moving Down the Road With E Scooters (9/25/2019)
  • Developments:
    • NEW>Lime launches new fleet of adaptive e-scooters in San Francisco (2/18/2021) (3 wheeled with and without seats)
    • NEW>New era for SF scooters: Companies to get longer permits, stricter rules (1/19/2021)
    • NEW>Lime adding 1,000 S.F. scooters after city approval (11/23/2020)
    • NEW>S.F. to add 500 more scooters while seeking changes to permit program (1/15/2021)
    • E-Scooter Companies Scoot, Lime, and Jump Halt Operations in SF; Spin Continues Running (3/22/2020)
    • Rogue SF e-scooter company says it’s back in business. Not so fast, city officials say (1/10/2020)
    • S.F. city attorney orders rebel e-scooter company to shut down immediately (1/8/2020)
    • Hundreds more scooters to zip down SF streets (12/14/2019)
    • SF wants startups to behave, so why did it reject the ‘nice guy’ of e-scooters? (12/13/2019)
    • Uber, Spin, and Lime scooters are now legal in San Francisco, but Skip is out (10/15/2019)
    • How Lime, Scoot, JUMP and Spin plan to deploy adaptive scooters (10/2/2019)
    • Jump, Lime, Scoot, Spin to operate scooters in SF, but not all in city are happy about it (9/25/2019)
    • The next great wave of scooters could soon roll into SF (8/23/2019)
    • Scooter start-up (Scoot) promised to serve a whole city. Then it cut out two poor areas (8/15/2019)
    • Bird, Not authorized for shared scooter rental in San Francisco to offer individual monthly rentals in the city
      • Bird Begins Renting Scooters by the Month in San Francisco and Barcelona (4/30/2019)
      • Banned Bird Scooters Return to San Francisco (5/1/2019)
    • SF to Boost E-Scooter Rentals to 1,600, with Option to Grow to 2,500 (4/15/2019)
    • Electric Scooter Fleets to Double in San Francisco (but must be lockable) (4/15/2019)
    • Lime loses appeal to operate electric scooters in SF (2/13/2019)
    • MTA decision gives Spin hope for e-scooter future in SF (1/30/2019)
• San Jose
  • Shared Micro-Mobility Devices Ordinance (12/18/2018)
  • Requirement of technology enforcing sidewalk ban
  • Developments:
    • NEW>Scooter aware: AI-endowed e-scooters hit San Jose streets (3/9/2021) [Link self-policing]
• San Marino
  • City to Devise Rules of the Road for E-Scooters (1/24/2019)
• Santa Monica – Shared Mobility Pilot Program
  • Ordinance (9/11/2018)
  • Program Rules (9/25/2018)
  • Developments:
    • Lime leaves Santa Monica permanently, other scooter companies continue operation (4/29/2020)
    • Shared Mobility Pilot Program Summary Report (11/2019) (account of the report)
    • Did your rented e-scooter suddenly shut down? Blame the invisible geofence (9/17/2019)
    • Long Beach is losing (lots of) money every month that it doesn’t regulate e-scooters (1/29/2019) (describes the Santa Monica fee structure)

CO (state law on e-scooters)

• Boulder – 
  •  Moratorium:
    • Boulder prepares for e-scooter invasion with an emergency moratorium (6/27/2019)
    • Boulder extends temporary e-scooter moratorium to April (12/3/2019)
  • Developments:
    • NEW>Boulder planning transition to new bike share program that includes e-bikes, scooters (10/27/2020)
    • Boulder City Council to hear about three options for shared e-scooters (8/30/2020)
    • Why Boulder Blocked Electric Scooters (9/13/2019)
• Breckenridge – Colorado city bans electric scooters as popularity grows (8/17/2019)
• Denver – Ordinance Passed Authorizing and Regulating the Use of Scooters in City Streets (1/7/2019) (in advance of but anticipating a state law change)
  • Report supporting the ordinance (12/11/2018)
  • Ordinance (1/7/20 19)
  • Developments:
    • New rules for e-scooter riders implemented in city of Denver (8/29/2019)
    • City council members vote to remove scooters from Denver sidewalks (8/27/2019)
    • Bird’s Invasion of Union Station Shows Need for Scooter Watchdog (8/26/2019)
    • Denver still doing scooter education rather than enforcement (7/29/2019)
• Ft. Collins – Bird scooters to relaunch in Fort Collins (7/2/2020)

CT 

• Bridgeport –  ‘A game changer’: Bridgeport partners with Bethel-based Lynx on electric scooter pilot program (7/6/2020)

DC

• DC Dockless Vehicle Program
  • Terms and Conditions for 2019 Permits
• DC Bill defining and regulating e-bikes, e-scooters, and shared systems
• DC Bill Would Give Scooter, E-Bike Riders More Legal Rights (1/24/2019)
  • Proposed amendment would require that scooter and e-bike riders be found at least 50 percent liable before their civil claims for damages are denied
• Developments:
  • New Bill Approved By D.C. Council Requires Scooters To Be Locked To Racks, Limits Speeds On E-Bikes (10/20/2020)
  • Bird, Lime, Bolt, Razor lose appeals to operate in DC (2/27/2020)
  • D.C Is Installing Corrals For All Those Errantly Parked Dockless Scooters (1/24/2020)
    • DC officials announce 100 new bike and scooter parking zones (1/25/2020) 
  • District Proposal Would Cut The Number Of Dockless Scooter Operators In Half (10/1/2019)
    • Lime, Bird, three others lose appeals to operate scooters in D.C. (2/27/2020) (leaving Jump, Lyft, Skip and Spin)
    • DDOT Slams Brakes On Planned Scooter Fleet Changes, Allows Excluded Companies To Appeal (12/26/2019)
    • Bolt, Bird, Lime, And Razor Scooters Will Be Off D.C. Streets In 2020 (12/3/2019)
  • Open Data Policies Make DC’s Scooter market More Competitive (4/9/2019)
  • Uber-Owned Jump Is Hopping Into The D.C. Scooter Scene (4/9/2019)

FL (state law on e-scooters) 

• Fort Lauderdale and Lauderdale by the Sea: Another South Florida city wrestles with scooter craze (1/17/2019)
• Gainesville:
  • ‘Micromobility Devices’ — Also Known As Scooters — Could Come To Gainesville In 2020 Under City Regulation (12/6/2019)
• Jacksonville
  • NEW>Electric scooters have arrived in downtown Jacksonville. Here's how you can use them. (3/5/2021)
•  Orlando
  • Winter Park to ban commercial electric scooters, bikes (6/24/2020)
• Miami
  • NEW>Miami's Scooter Program to Resume Jan. 15, With New Rules in Place (1/4/2021) (new provisions focused on underage riding and sidewalk clutter)
  • Helbiz Re-Deploys E-Scooters in Miami, Florida (10/29/2020)
• St. Petersburg:
  • Micromobility ordinance
  • Developments:
    • NEW>Electric scooters hit the streets in St. Petersburg (11/9/2020) (Razor & Veo) (Parking restricted to corrals)
    • E-scooters may be coming soon to a street near you (8/19/2020)
    • St. Pete considers tweaks for scooter program (7/26/2019)
• Tallahassee:
  • Two e-scooter companies told to corral fleet over geofence issues (7/26/2019) 
  • Tallahassee requires Bird and Gotcha to remove scooters after geofence issues (7/26/2019)
  • City re-tests new geofence boundaries after e-scooter issues (7/25/2019)
• Tampa:
  • Scooters are back on Tampa streets after coronavirus shelved them for seven weeks (7/24/2020)
  • Bikes vs. Scooters: Does Tampa Bay have room for both? (3/2/2020)
  • Electric scooters racking up tickets – but not in Tampa (2/20/2020)
  • Tampa releases progress report on electronic scooter popularity (12/10/2019)
  • E-Scooter Docking Stations Now Set Up in Tampa (8/9/2019)
  • Who's Tampa's e-scooter grinch? Maybe not the person you think (8/9/2019)
• West Palm Beach
  • Scooter commuters? West Palm OKs e-scooter rentals for in and around downtown (9/4/2019)

GA

• Athens
  • Athens-Clarke County votes to permanently ban e-scooters (11/6/2020)
•  Atlanta
  • Ordinance (1/7/2019)
  • Atlanta City Council Approves Legislation Regulating Shareable Dockless Mobility Devices and More at First Full Council Meeting of 2019 (1/8/2019)
  • Developments:
    • Scooters Return to Atlanta’s Streets With Newcomer Spin, a Ford Motor Company (7/2/2020)
    • Atlanta rolls out new guidelines as e-scooters return to streets (7/1/2020)
    • Veo Expands to Atlanta With Shared Stand-Up & Seated E-Scooters (6/29/2020)
    • Atlanta to renew scooter operators’ permits on a month-to-month basis (1/22/2020)
    • Atlanta, scooter companies bump heads over impounds (12/4/2019)
    • City of Atlanta fails to collect $200K in scooter impound fees (11/08/2019) 
    • Atlanta, Other Cities Search for Solutions to Scooter Woes (8/30/2019)
    • Crackdowns Spread as Atlanta Imposes Night Ban on E-Scooters and E-Bikes (8/14/2019)
    • Responding to nighttime e-scooter ban, mobility protest will ‘put car to bed’—literally (8/13/2019)
    • Atlanta mayor imposes nighttime e-scooter and e-bike ban, effective Friday (8/8/2019)
    • Atlanta pauses scooter permits after deaths (7/25/2019)
  • Surrounding Communities:
    • Tucker bans shareable e-scooters and e-bikes (10/28/2019) (also the case with Alpharetta, Marietta Norcross, and Smyrna)
    • Snellville extends moratorium on rentable scooters, bikes (2/20/2020)
• Decatur
  • Ordinance (9/16/2019)
  • Developments:
    • Decatur e-scooters vanish four months after passing ordinance (Lime pulling out of entire Atlanta metro area) (1/31/2020)
    • Decatur City Commission approves e-scooter ordinance (9/17/2019)

IA

• Cedar Rapids:
  • E-Scooters make a comeback in second year of Cedar Rapids bike-share program (6/29/2020)

ID

• Boise
  • NEW>No rider, no problem: New remote-controlled scooters head for Boise in first-in-the-world test (1/30/2021)
• Idaho Falls
  • E-scooters: Idaho Falls considers new form of transportation (1/29/2019)

IL

• Chicago 
  • Pilot program rules
  • The Scooters Are Coming: Chicago Announces Electric Scooter Pilot Program West of Halsted Street (5/2/2019)
  • Developments:
    • NEW>Chicago's second e-scooter pilot ends, long-term availability still uncertain (12/14/2020)
    • NEW>Ridership down 22% in city's second e-scooter pilot program (12/11/2020)
    • Chicago’s second electric scooter pilot better than the first — though ridership rate is down (9/16/2020)
    • Chicago E-Scooters (twitter account)
      • Which is best: Bird, Lime, or Spin? The “Chicago Scooters” tweeter test-rode all three (9/12/2020)
    • Chicago lock-to rule means scooters are parked on bike racks. Is that a problem or NBD? (9/4/2020)
    • Seated e-scooters are coming to Chicago to provide an option for people with disabilities (8/26/2020)
    • 2nd Scooter Pilot Starts Aug. 12 With Bird, Lime And Spin (7/30/2020)
    • 2nd Scooter Pilot Will Start in August (7/16/2020)
    • Electric Scooters Return to Chicago This Summer With a Quadrupled Fleet (6/23/2020)
    • Love Them Or Hate Them, E-Scooters Are Returning To Chicago This Summer (6/14/2020)
    • Report: Chicago’s dockless scooter pilot came up short on Black and Latino ridership (3/13/2020)
    • Next Scooter Pilot Could Have Lockable Scooters — And Fewer Companies Participating (3/10/2020)
    • A breakdown of Chicago's scooter pilot, by the numbers (1/31/2020)
    • Electric scooters will again descend on Chicago after first polarizing test in the city (1/29/2020)
    • Scooters are off Chicago’s streets. Will the city let them come back? (10/16/2019)
    • City rolls out fines for scooter companies violating rules of pilot program (7/12/2019)
    • A Day in the Life of Chicago's E-Scooter Pilot Program (8/14/2019)
      • Chicago’s scooters are mostly being used during rush hour, and 3 other things to know about the devices (8/19/2019)
    • One Month In, Complaints Piling Up For City’s Scooter Pilot Program (7/30/2019)
    • Chicago scooter demand outpaces supply, says Lime (7/26/2019)
    • CPD Reports Detail Incidents From the Early Days of the Scooter Pilot (7/26/2019)

IN (state law on e-scooters)

• Ft. Wayne:
  • New scooters must follow rules of road (10/6/2019)
• Indianapolis:
  • Ordinance licensing and regulating "shared mobility operators"
  • Regulations governing the licensing of "shared mobility operators" adopted May 10, 2019
• West Lafayette
  • Purdue invites Spin back, WL watching to see how shared scooters blend with COVID-19 caution (8/30/2020)

KS (state law on e-scooters)

• Manhattan:
  • Electric scooters make their debut in Manhattan as the fall semester begins (8/27/2020)
  • K-State and Manhattan get new LINK Scooters (8/13/2020)
• Wichita:
  • Electric Scooter Rentals in Wichita (8/2020)
  • Scooter concept ready to go before Wichita City Council (1/17/2019)

KY (state law on e-scooters)

• Louisville:
  • Louisville to add designated parking spots for e-scooters (11/14/2019)
  • Look Out, Bird and Lime. 5 More Dockless Scooter Companies Are Licensed in Louisville (6/20/2019)

LA (state law on e-scooters)

• Lafayette – Robideaux asks companies to temporarily remove scooters (1/22/2019)

MA (state law on e-scooters)

• Brookline:
  • ‘A wild ride’: Brookline grapples with high demand, headaches as electric scooter pilot zips along (7/26/2019)
  • E-Scooters Launch In Brookline, Accident Sends Woman To Hospital Minutes Later (4/1/2019) (in advance of but anticipating a state law change)

MD (state law on e-scooters)

• Baltimore:
  • Dockless Vehicle Pilot Program (ended 7/30/2020)
  • 18 E-Scooters, 5 Bicycles Pulled From Bottom Of Inner Harbor (9/10/2020)

MI

• Ann Arbor:
  • Ann Arbor renews Spin scooter contract with disinfecting protocols in place (6/3/2020)
• Grand Rapids:
  • Hundreds of rentable electric scooters come to downtown Grand Rapids (9/30/2020)
  • Hundreds of rentable electric scooters, bikes coming to Grand Rapids (5/13/2020)
• Lansing:
  • Michigan State OKs contract with Gotcha for e-scooters on campus (8/10/2020)
  • Gotcha scooters return to East Lansing despite coronavirus pandemic (4/21/2020)

MN (state law on e-scooters)

• Duluth – Duluth scouts out scooter policy (12/30/2018)
• Minneapolis: 
  • Motorized Foot Scooters Extended Pilot
  • Developments:
    • Pandemic revs up demand for scooters in Twin Cities (8/30/2020)
    • Chicago, Minneapolis Give E-Scooters Another Go (7/29/2020) (expanded scope and an emphasis on equity)
    • Shared scooters from Lime, Bird and Lyft are back in the Twin Cities, but old commuting patterns aren't (7/23/2020)
    • Minneapolis has entered in to a license agreement with Bird and Lyft scooters for 2020. The program runs through March 31, 2021 (7/16/2020)
    • Minneapolis City Council approves Bird and Lyft for this summer's scooters (6/26/2020)
    • Pandemic prompts redesign of Minneapolis shared scooter program (6/17/2020)
    • Minneapolis pilots mobility hubs combining transit, scooters and bicycles (9/29/2019)
    • Mpls. Selects 4 Operators For E-Scooter Pilot Program, Doesn’t Include Bird (4/22/2019)
• Rochester:
  • Lime scooters will launch in Rochester June 10 (6/8/2020)
• St. Paul: 
  • Shared Motorized Foot Scooter FAQs
  • Developments:
    • City Council approves measure to bring scooters to St. Paul (7/8/2020)
    • Lime scooters to return to St. Paul through Nov. 30 (7/7/2020)
    • Bird, Lime and Spin to Roll E-Scooters into St. Paul (4/23/2019)

NC (state law on e-scooters)

• Charlotte – Charlotte, N.C., Moves to Ban E-Scooters in Parts of the City (1/15/2019)
  • Ordinance (1/14/2019)
  • E-Scooter Share Program
  • Charlotte is piloting corrals where riders are supposed to park their scooters (1/6/2020)
  • Lime says Charlotte e-scooter riders have passed the million-mile mark (8/13/2019)
  • Scoot Responsibly? You Could Pay Less. But if You Don’t, Scooter Costs Could Rise (3/26/2019)
• Durham – Scooters Are Coming to Durham. Is the City’s Infrastructure Ready? (3/27/2019)
  • Shared Active Transportation Ordinance and Fees
• Greensboro – Bird, Lime scooters set to return to Greensboro with "pilot program" (1/28/2019)
• Raleigh – Electric scooter companies run into a roadblock trying to follow the law in Raleigh (1/14/2019) (Effort to register scooters with state DMV failed since they lack vehicle identification numbers and titles)
  • Bye bye Bird and Lime. New electric scooters arriving soon in Raleigh (8/5/2019)
  • Gotcha: As Bird and Lime scooters leave Raleigh, a new e-ride company is in town (7/30/2019)
  • Bird, Lime, Electric Scooters Leaving Raleigh over High Fees (3/29/2019)
• Winston-Salem - Electric scooters back on Winston-Salem streets after two companies set to resume service (11/9/2020)

NE

• Lincoln
  • Lincoln’s scooter pilot kicks-off with dozens of scooters parked on downtown street corners (9/1/2020)
  • Lincoln scooter program set for new launch in September (8/25/2020)
•  Omaha
  • Scooters return to Omaha: City Council votes in favor of another electric scooter pilot program (7/14/2020)
  • Electric scooters to return to Omaha with a clear set of rules (6/9/2020)

NJ (state law on e-scooters)

• Asbury Park
  • Ordinance (2019)
  • Pilot Program (ending June 2020)
  • Developments:
    • Report on first month of pilot (Aug. 2 - Sept. 2)
• Elizabeth
  • Officials unanimously vote to cancel e-scooter contract following teen’s death (11/26/2019) 
•  Hoboken
  • Ordinance (2019)
  • Developments:
    • Hoboken e-scooter survey finds nearly 75% of respondents want them to stay (11/25/2019)
    • Riding While Drunk and Other Dangers of the Electric Scooter Craze (11/6/2019)
    • Hoboken hires 2 officers to enforce laws for electric scooters (10/23/2019)
    • Hoboken approves new, more lucrative contract with electric scooter companies (providing increased funds for education and enforcement) (8/8/2019)

NM

• Albuquerque
  • Ordinance (2018)
  • Shared Active Transportation (Program and Regulations)

NY (state law on e-scooters)

• New York City
  • City Council Legalizes E-Bikes, E-Scooters (6/25/2020)
    • Bicycles with electric assist (Law No. 2020/073 - 7/26/2020)
    • Electric Scooters (Law No. 2020/072 - 7/26/2020)
  • NEW>New York City Moves Forward With Electric-Scooter-Share Program (2/18/2021)
  • New York City could have an e-scooter pilot program by March (6/24/2020)
    • Request for Expressions of Interest for demonstration project(s) of electric-powered scooter share (10/30/2020)
      • DOT Seeks Non-Manhattan E-Scooter Pilot Program (10/30/2020)
  • Need for Better Infrastructure: E-Scooters Are Already Here - And The City Needs To Adapt (10/8/2020)
• Yonkers
  • E-scooters come to Yonkers in August, making it first e-scooter pilot program in NY (8/3/2020)

OH

• Akron:
  • Get to Class: University of Akron Students Welcome New Electric Scooters (8/29/2020)
  • Electric scooters coming to Akron, University of Akron campus (8/17/2020)
•  Athens:
  • Ordinance (5/2019)
  • Developments:
    • NEW>Relaunch of electric scooter use set for March 15 (3/4/2021)
    • Spin e-scooters released for use on campus (2/18/2020)
    • E-scooters roll into Athens and OU on Tuesday (2/17/2020)
• Cincinnati:
  • Electric Bird Scooters Have Migrated Back to Cincinnati (6/18/2020)
  • Cincinnati in line to get moped-like, seated scooters (12/18/2019) 
• Dayton
  • Spin Scooters are back on the streets of Dayton (8/11/2020)
•  Columbus:
  • Lots of People are Still Riding Scooters in Columbus (1/24/2020) (data on 2019 use)
• Cleveland
  • Ordinance (6/2019)
    • Developments:
      • Rentable scooters returning to Cleveland with a bit more speed and later hours for operation (6/5/2020)
      • Browns, Cavs, Indians fans beware: don’t bet on electric scooters getting you to home games (12/12/2019) (geofencing)
      • Survey Shows Scooter Support In East Side Suburbs (12/4/2019)
      • Bird Scooters Now Available for Rental in Cleveland, More on the Way (8/26/2019)
      • Cleveland to allow electric scooter rentals this summer, targeting key parts of the city for pilot program (6/3/2019)
•  Columbus
  • Ordinance (9/27/2018)
• Oxford
  •  Lime scooters return to Oxford (9/25/2020)

OK

• Stillwater
  • Ordinance
  • A new 'Spin' on scooters (1/22/2019) (Agreement between Spin and Oklahoma State includes an on-campus controlled speed of 10 m.p.h. and GPS enforced restrictions on parking)
• Tulsa
  • Ordinance (10/24/2018)

OR (state law on e-scooters)

• Portland –
  • Key documents: 
    • Second shared Scooter Pilot Program (12 months beginning 4/26/2019)
      • Regulations governing the pilot program
    • Report on 2018 pilot
    • NEW>Report on 2019 pilot
      
      • NEW>Bike Infrastructure Key to E-scooter Usage in Portland (9/18/2020)
  • Developments: 
    • Bird and Lime e-scooters return small fleets to Portland despite stay-home order (5/14/2020)
    • Portland loses another e-scooter option as Shared pulls its vehicles from city streets (2/19/2020)
    • Portland extends e-scooter pilot program through 2020 (12/20/2019)
    • Lime cuts back e-scooter service in Portland (12/23/2019)
    • E-Scooter Video Warns Riders Of Dangers (12/3/2019) 
      • The video
    • Stop blocking Portland sidewalks with e-scooters: Disability rights group sends a message (10/21/2019)
    • Bad weather, bald tires: E-scooters stay on Portland streets (10/18/2019)
    • Portland will soon have more e-scooters than ever before (8/16/2019)
    • Portland Now Has E-scooters with Seats and Bigger Tires (6/14/2019)
    • Disability Rights Group Alarmed by Portland E-Scooter Rules (5/9/2019) (Complaints no longer flow directly to city but to rental company involved)
    • Portland’s E-Scooter Pilot Could Set Public-Private Data Sharing Precedents for Mobility Partnerships (4/29/2019)
    • Escooters, with Strings (4/26/ 2019) (Electric scooters return to Portland with new brands, fees, fines and restrictions around riding in parks, on sidewalks, and laissez faire parking.)
    • In Portland, Scooter Start-Ups Played Nice. Regulators Took Note (1/20/2015)

RI

• Providence:
  • Veo E-Scooters Resume Operations in Providence (6/25/2020)
  • Spin e-scooters return to Providence after COVID-19 hiatus (6/26/2020)

SC

• Columbia – It’s official: Columbia bans electric scooters for 1 year (1/15/2019)

TN (state law on e-scooters)

• Brentwood (a Nashville suburb)
  • Ban on "on demand dockless small vehicle systems" enacted (9/23/2019)
• Chattanooga
  • ChattaScooter expands downtown e-scooter network (12/24/2020)
• Knoxville 
  • A new scooter company is in town, and technology is helping make sure devices stay clean (7/2/2020)
  • On May 1, 2019, the city launched an electric scooter pilot program with Spin and VeoRide
  • FAQ
  • Knoxville scooters: 7,000 trips in Week 1, but how many follow the rules? (5/21/2019)
• Memphis
  • Bird scooters off the streets for a week for busting weekend curfew (8/11/2020)
  • City of Memphis enforcing a late-night curfew for scooter riders (8/10/2020)
• Nashville
  • Scooters to stay in Nashville; They brought in $145,000 to city's general fund last year (8/21/2019)
  • Nashville is banning electric scooters after a man was killed (6/21/2019)
  • Plans to limit the number of scooter companies in Nashville may be illegal (12/28/2018)
  • Scooters are spreading in Nashville and they're not going away, but riders have to stop breaking the law (1/15/2019)

TX (state law on e-scooters)

• Austin – Ordinance (11/9/2018), Amendments Establishing Traffic Offenses (5/23/2019) 
  • University of Texas Campus
    • Parking and Transportation enforces scooter regulations for football season (9/19/2019)
    • Students adjust to campus scooter rules during fall semester (8/26/2019)
    • Geofencing to Govern Scooter Accelerations on [University of Texas] Campus (3/25/2019)
  • Developments:
    • NEW>The scooter story: It's been a bumpy, up-and-down ride for e-scooters in Austin (1/15/2021) (Bird, Lime, and Wheels remain) 
    • Austin testing scooter parking program, sets up charging stations (7/1/2020)
    • Lyft pulls its scooters from Austin amid pandemic, layoffs (4/30/2020)
    • Lyft rolls scooters out of Austin amid layoffs, decreased ridership (4/30/2020)
    • City of Austin explores ways to stop e-scooters from ending up in lake (3/3/2020)
    • Over 300 scooters pulled from Austin lakes and creeks; council members call it ‘alarming’ (1/23/2020)
    • City survey finds scooters are problematic on hike and bike trails, suggests banning them (12/3/2019)
    • City of Austin officials approve 400% increase in OjO Electric's scooter fleet size (10/29/2019)
    • Swiftmile will become the ‘gas station’ for electric bikes and scooters in Austin (10/24/2019)
    • Austin hosts event to educate riders on new scooter rules (6/22/2019)
    • Scooter riders beware, city sets safety rules, fines (5/23/2019)
    • Dockless Electric Scooter-Related Injuries Study — Austin, Texas, September–November 2018 (April 2019)
    • Amid Safety Concerns, Austin Officials Ask CDC to Investigate Scooter Injuries (2/6/2019)
    • Austin Transportation publishes new dockless mobility open data tools (1/14/2019)
    • In Texas Tech Hub, Scooter Mania (3/23/2019)
  • Surrounding communities:
    • Rollingwood officially bans abandonment of motorized scooters in the city (2/19/2020) (not prohibiting their use but their being left on sidewalks)
• Corpus Christi – City of Corpus Christi aims to regulate electric scooters (11/20/2018)
  • Corpus Christi City Council passes electric scooter pilot program with $1 per-scooter fee (1/15/2019)
  • 'Bird' scooter rental company leaving Corpus Christi (1/28/2019) (decision comes before deadline for agreeing to the new fee)
• Dallas:
  • Ordinance (6/26/2018)
    • Electric scooters must be taken off Dallas’ streets by the end of the week, city says (8/31/2020)
    • What has Dallas learned about electric scooters in the past 17 months? (12/4/2019)
    • Dallas will wait a little longer for tighter scooter regulations (11/13/2019)
    • Lyft expands scooter coverage to new areas including South Dallas (7/29/2019)
• El Paso:
  • El Paso's newly extended electric scooter rental program adds two companies to limited mix (1/25/2020) 
• Houston – NEW>Houston kicks scooters, rental companies off public sidewalks (3/24/2021)
• Laredo – Laredo City Council agenda has 100+ items, including reality TV series, scooter pilot program (1/22/2019)
• San Antonio – Ordinance (11/10/2018) 
  • NEW>Blue Duck seeks return to San Antonio for its e-scooters (12/16/2020)
  • Six month pilot
  • City offers an app that allows citizens to report violations with photo
  • Could scooter mania just blow over in San Antonio? (12/30/2019)
  • Citing Pedestrian Safety, the Pearl Bans Electric Scooters (1/29/2019) (large private area in San Antonio)
  • City Council to mull new restrictions for scooters on San Antonio streets (1/22/2019)
• San Marcos
  • Stand-up e-scooters now have a home on San Marcos sidewalks (9/28/2020)
•  Waco
  • Waco scooter rentals underway downtown after series of false starts (7/17/2020)

UT (state law on e-scooters)

• Provo:
  • Ready to roll: Shareable electric scooters return to Utah County (6/5/2020)
• St. George
  • As Spin scooters return, St. George looks to strengthen long-term survival of e-scooter rentals (9/12/2020)

VA (state law on e-scooters)

• Alexandria:
  • NEW>New Electronic Scooter Program Launches in Alexandria (2/17/2021) [Link]
  • Helbiz e-scooters come to Arlington, Alexandria (7/28/2020) (riders can travel between the two communities)
  • City Recommends Riding E-Scooters for Errands and Social Distancing (6/30/2020)
  • City extends e-scooter pilot to end of year (9/12/2019)
• Albemarle County - Albemarle passes ordinance for use of e-scooters, e-bikes (12/20/2019)
  • Ordinance
• Arlington County – 9-month Demonstration Project (10/2018) 
  • Details including Memorandum of Agreement
  • Developments:
    • Arlington Reveals ‘No Scooter’ Zones (2/10/2020)
    • Future of scooters in Arlington: Keep program going but improvements needed, report says (10/7/2019) (Mobility Lab report)
• Charlottesville – Pilot Program (running until 7/31/2019, extended through 12/18/2019)
  • Pilot Permit Program Regulations (11/13/2018)
  • Video on proper parking
  • Developments:
    • Lime ending operations in Charlottesville (1/31/2019)
    • New e-scooters rule in Charlottesville includes $50 fine (12/3/2019)
    • Scoot Over: New mobility hits the road (6/05/2019)
• Loudoun County – Shared Mobility Devices Pilot Program
  • Loudoun Seeks Operators for Shared Scooter Pilot Program (1/9/2020)
• Norfolk
  • Scooters: On Demand Transportation for All (Norfolk 1 year report) (8/7/2020)
    • Underlying data
• Richmond
  • Impounded Bird scooters for sale in Richmond for $105 apiece (9/19/2019)
• Roanoke
  • Lime scooters return to Roanoke, touted as socially-distant form of transportation (5/16/2020)
• Virginia Beach
  • There’s been quite a few e-scooter-related injuries lately, so who’s tracking them? (7/29/2019)
• Williamsburg
  • Williamsburg City Council unanimously OKs e-scooters (12/12/2019)
•  Winston-Salem
  • Unleash the scooters: 100 electric scooters set to return to Winston-Salem (12/13/2019)

WA (state law on e-scooters)

• King County (in which Seattle is situated):
  • NEW>Electric scooter share pilot program launched (8/2020)
• Seattle: 
  • Sit down for this: Wheels starts deploying its unique style of scooters as part of Seattle sharing program (11/16/2020) (company says that accessibility has attracted a broader demographic of riders, including half who are women and a third who are over the age of 35)
  • Will rental scooters serve all Seattle neighborhoods? Vendor missed equity target with bikes last year (10/6/2020)
  • Lime is first company to roll out electric scooters as part of Seattle’s new mobility program (9/17/2020)
  • Seattle selects three scooter companies to seek permits — here's when they will hit the streets (9/16/2020)
  • Seattle rolls out electric scooter regulations amid questions about parking, speed and COVID-19 (8/20/2020)
  • Jump bikes return to Seattle, scooters could soon follow (6/24/2020)
  • Seattle explores on-street bike and scooter parking to clear up cluttered sidewalks (9/4/2019)
  • Seattle builds roadmap for e-scooters, plans launch in 2020 (8/21/2019)
• Spokane – Scoot Spokane
  • Scooters, electric bikes now allowed on Spokane Valley Trails (9/25/2020)
  • Lime scales back scooters in Spokane due to COVID-19 (7/31/2020)
  • Lime scooters returning to Spokane streets Wednesday (6/29/2020)
  • City eyes increased enforcement as Lime scooters return (3/10/2020)
  • Spokane’s Lime scooter riders logged 643,000 miles in 2019 (12/31/2019)
  • Lime Bike and Scooter 2019 Year-End Report (1/8/2020)
• Tacoma
  • Lime scooters will return to Tacoma streets in March (2/28/2020) (RFP out for permanent program starting in June)
• Yakima
  • NEW>City to try out motorized scooters in downtown Yakima (2/17/2021)

WI (state law on e-scooters)

• Milwaukee – Dockless Scooter Pilot Study (through Dec. 31, 2019)
  • Milwaukee DPW recommends dockless scooter pilot program return in 2021 (9/30/2020)
  • E-Scooter trial ends in Milwaukee (12/5/2019)
  • What happens to electric scooters in Milwaukee in the winter? How Bird, Lime, Spin plan for the snow (11/6/2019)
  • More electric scooters appear on Milwaukee streets (2 more companies approved) (8/13/2019)
  • City declines applications from additional electric scooter companies (8/4/2019)
  • ‘Having some problems:’ Lime expansion denied, Milwaukee’s scooter program on hold (8/2/2019)
  • Electric scooters spilling into neighboring Milwaukee communities (7/26/2019)
  • Milwaukee learning from other cities' woes while rolling out e-scooters (7/22/2019)