Bird flies to the west as Lime sneaks into Salt Lake City's commendable scooter rush

SALT LAKE CITY – As expected, Bird Rides Inc. has expanded its fleet of vehicles west of the I-15 highway by redeploying commendable electric scooters to downtown Salt Lake earlier this week after getting a commercial license. appeared from the Bird smartphone app that there were about 100 scooters in the downtown business district and about the same number on the west side of the city. The company could put up to 500 two-wheeled runabouts in the capital according to the rules stipulated in an operating agreement with Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski tweeted Thursday night that another of the major New active networked transportation systems providers, Lime, also got a license from 39; exploitation to launch the city center. While Lime operates dockless scooter rental systems and bicycles, Salt Lake City Transportation Manager Jon Larsen told Deseret News that he had probably started using the scooter service in the area. 39, Utah

Dock-free companies rent scooters and bikes for rides via a smartphone app and, instead of needing to return the vehicles to a designated location, or dock, they can be left where users end their trips. Locating a vehicle for rent is also coordinated by the app, which identifies available scooters or bikes with a digital map.

Several other companies, according to municipal authorities, have expressed interest in coming to Salt Lake, but so far, only Bird has actually made the leap. Larsen said that he believed that Lime, with a commercial license in hand, could be launched anytime.

While some cities complained of being overrun by scooters without a dock and bicycles dropped without warning about their community

To put in place reasonable rules, Salt Lake City relies on the other cities' experiences that have become wagon-free vehicle hosts, as well as recently issued guidelines by the United States. National Association of Urban Transport Managers. The agency is working since the emergence of dockless transportation systems to create guidelines for municipalities struggling to keep up with the latest innovations

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A Biskupski spokesman said that the efforts to accommodate the new systems "

" The city is open to consideration of all the transportation options that allow people to get out of their cars and clear the air, "said the spokesperson. Help us see how we can integrate this new technology into our transportation network and address any concerns it may raise.

Larsen said that residents or visitors who have problems with the Salt Lake City-free scooters can share them with the city. officials via [email protected]