Hard to say when it comes to e-Scooters and dock-less bikes, so why the opening image of Venture Capitalist-funded Start-Up Unicorns?
They're the corporations who have dumped all these 2-wheeled wonders into the public rights-of-way and sidewalks here in Mesa without any prior notice to the public. If there were any agreements with city officials ahead of time we just don't know now or are ignorant of the facts.
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In spite of a post here one year and five days ago, city officials have yet to inform the public what agreement(s) if any city officials made with VC-funded or to establish any guidelines, rules or regulations for risks/hazards to public safety.
Just two weeks ago there was this: there was a REVIEW : What other cities are doing
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3 days ago we learned this: two more companies are now dumping more!
AZCentral.com-Feb 16, 2019
"Ford Motor Co. has entered the growing electric scooter ride share market in Mesa.
Spin, a micro-mobility company acquired by Ford late last year, launched 600 scooters in Mesa on Friday, competing with Lime, Bird, and Jump. Lyft also plans to begin offering electric scooters in Mesa, possibly later this month.
Spin scooters are $1 to unlock and 15 cents per minute. The bulk of the fleet has been stationed in west Mesa, near Mesa Community College. The idea is that riders will use the scooters to travel the last mile or two to their destination. . . "
Mesa has been exploring ways to regulate electric bike and scooter ride sharing, while Scottsdale and Tempe and Scottsdale have rules in place.
Tempe: Companies must pay a licensing fee to operate in the college town. The city also has staging requirements and a cap on the number of bike and scooters in the city. Lime pulled out over the licensing fee and other concerns, and
Razor has threatened to bolt.
Arizona State University: The university bans the use of electric scooters on campus and
impounds dockless electric scooters found on campus.
Glendale: The West Valley city sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bird after the company had staged electric scooters there.
PEORIA: The West Valley suburb and Bird called off a pilot program in January after the two sides couldn't agree on terms of operation
HERE IN MESA
D2 City Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker took an online poll where the results were that 88% who responded were in favor of NO REGULATION!
Hard-to-believe that one!
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ABC15 Arizona-Feb 15, 2019
Lyft launching hundreds of scooters in Mesa, Scottsdale areas ... MESA, AZ — Lyft says they are launching scooters in Scottsdale and Mesa on ...
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Does the future of urban mobility have 2 wheels?
Is it just "filling in the gaps" in Valley Metro Public Transit using Light Rail Extensions and Bus Routes
O yeah it's that first-mile and last-mile thing in what they say
is seamless transportation.
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Arizona lawmakers don't want electric scooter rules to inadvertently affect kids' toys
Published 6:00 a.m. MT Feb. 12, 2019 | Updated 9:35 a.m. MT Feb. 12, 2019
A Mesa lawmaker wants to place a definition of electric rental scooters in state law to help cities and towns as they regulate the booming business so they don't inadvertently outlaw toys used by children.
Electric scooters from a variety of companies including Bird, Razor, Lime and Uber's brand, Jump, now can be found in several cities in the Phoenix area — though not Phoenix itself, yet — and many of the municipalities are seeking to set rules for them.
But the rules that aim to prevent the scooters from littering public sidewalks and bike lanes, and keep people from getting hurt in traffic, could inadvertently affect children simply using their own private scooter to get to school, said Rep. Tyler Pace, R-Mesa.
Scooters' sudden appearance brings controversy
Since electric scooters began showing up on streets last year, they have created a variety of controversies and mostly displaced the rental bikes that were confounding cities previously.
The scooters can be rented by people who download an application to their phone, enter a form of payment, and then use their phone to unlock the device. They commonly cost about $1 to unlock and 15 cents a minute.
People in various cities have complained about the scooters cluttering sidewalks and bike lanes, and of people getting hurt.
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