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Scooter Use is Soaring From Bronx to Queens: Report
It's a mobility revolution that flies in the face of ongoing resistance from Queens elected officials who have called for the city-overseen program to be scraped.
December 31, 2024
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Unsafe’ At Any Scoot Edition
E-scooter share is coming to eastern Queens... and not everyone is happy. Plus more news.
May 31, 2024
The Moped Crisis: Cops Seize Illegal Vehicles from Central Park Vendor
The NYPD says it seized a handful of mopeds from someone renting the illegal two-wheeled devices near Central Park.
September 1, 2023
City to Expand Scooter Share to Eastern Queens
All three of the scooter-share companies that have been providing service in The Bronx since 2021 will be part of a massive expansion of the program into transit-deprived areas of eastern Queens, the Department of Transportation announced on Thursday.
June 15, 2023
Scooter Companies Talk Best Practices (Though Low Speed Limits May Be Counter-Productive)
Transportation companies want more Americans to ditch their cars for emissions-free travel — and they’ve figured out the ways that entice people to use electric scooters and bikes.
May 17, 2023
Op-Ed: Paris Scooter Ban Is a Step Backward For Sustainable Transport
For the global city that has put the world on notice over the past decade for embracing sustainable transport, Paris recently took a disappointing step backward by enacting a ban on shared scooters, known locally as trottinettes.
April 5, 2023
Consider the Humble Kick Scooter
Why is there such a social stigma around such a practical transportation tool?
August 3, 2022
Two Scooter Companies Claim They Have the Tech to Stop Sidewalk Parking
Two e-scooter-share companies, Bird and Lime, unveiled new tech for combatting the single-biggest complaint about scooters: riders who leave them all over the sidewalk.
May 11, 2022
Streetsblog’s ‘Field Guide to Micro Mobility’
To put aside some of the confusion, Streetsblog has created an indispensable handbook to all the different moving things out there.
November 5, 2021
E-Scooter Pilot in The Bronx Offers New Mode … On Same Old Dangerous Roads
"Would I ride a scooter? Absolutely not," Bronx resident John Schewerer told Streetsblog the other day.
September 1, 2021
