After a nearly three-year ban, Dallas has decided to welcome electric rental scooters and bikes back. The change of heart was due to vendors Bird, Lime, and Superpedestrian each demonstrated that their scooters’ speed could automatically be curtailed in slow-ride areas such as Deep Ellum.
Transportation options are something Print shops are usually instructed to include in a city’s promotional materials.
Another concern that prompted the ban in 2020 was the desire to have certain areas of the city off limits to the scooters. However, the companies have demonstrated that their scooters can be automatically shut down if they happen into no-ride zones.
Omar Narvaez, a city council member, explained:
"We are going to be pushing this much needed transportation mode out into neighborhoods that desperately need them, that maybe didn't get to see them the first round."
Plans are for Dallas to license three vendors each with a maximum of 500 rental vehicles, with the expectation that the scooters and e-bikes will be more evenly distributed throughout the city.
As part of the city’s agreement with the electric scooter and e-bike vendors, corrals will be required to ensure scooters are not strewn about on streets and sidewalks.
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