Micromobility News

[carey...@comcast.net]

Nashville will issue a new RFP for scooter and bike share within the next few months (I hope).  There is a story here about the 7 million rides in Seattle.  Nashville has about 1.2 million, almost all scooters. Seattle has over 2,000 e-bikes and over 5,000 scooters.  We have about 2,300 scooters and about 500 dockless bikes, the most ever, along with the 200 BCycle bikes, a number lower than 10 years ago. NDOT is supposedly negotiating a new contract with Bicycle Transit Systems, the owner of BCycle. They have spent more than a year in the effort.

 

 

https://micromobility.substack.com/p/lime-gears-up-for-paris-renewal-set?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdaacaa9f-91fe-47d4-8161-9aaa483768ca_8000x4500.jpeg&open=false

 

 

 

NYC is implementing an e-bike speed limit since cars are so safe, and e-bikes and scooters endanger humanity.

 

NYC E-Bike Speed Limits Effective This October

 

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has announced a citywide 15 mph speed limit for micromobility devices, effective October 24, 2025. The rule applies to e-bikes, e-scooters, and pedal-assist bikes, aligning with existing e-scooter limits and global best practices, including the EU’s 25 km/h standard. In parallel, the city is expanding protected bike lanes and has launched the Department of Sustainable Delivery to regulate delivery app companies and enhance street safety.

 

[John Norris]

Carey, I'm all for making it easier to move around Nashville without getting in a car, but I'm concerned about shared scooters and e-bikes being parked on sidewalks or in bike lanes. At best they're an eyesore and inconvenience and at worst a significant safety hazard. My thinking is that the problem can be addressed, at least in part, by imposing hefty fines (well in excess of $25) on the company that owns the illegally parked device, which can pass the expense on to the renter. There's a lot online about this. Here's a link to one article:

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/prevent-shared-dockless-micromobility-sidewalk-clutter-cities/732079/

John

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[David Kleinfelter]

Nope. Sorry John  - I will actively fight against hefty fines for scooters or e-bikes parked in bike lanes when car, after car, after car, after car, after car . . . you get the idea, parks in a bike lane without consequences. I have reported probably 20 blocked bike lanes that I've faced during commuting to and from work. Not one - nor the businesses where the vehicles (actually not all cars) were parked and presumably patronizing. Deal with that, and the exponentially higher danger to all humans outside of cars that is caused by motor vehicles and THEN I'm ready to consider treating scooters and e-bikes as a "problem." Until then, the dangers and inconvenience caused by micromobility is a microproblem.

Is it true we should push for both things to improve? Sure, but the vast majority of the car-bound public only see the "others" as the issue. If I'm using a steel box for transportation, I can't possibly be the problem. 

David K. 

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[John Norris]

David, I see your point, but wouldn't stronger enforcement of the ordinance prohibiting parking motor vehicles in bicycle lanes be a better response than giving scooter and e-bike users a pass? If enforcement is simply not going to happen, maybe the installation of concrete barriers that make it impossible to park motor vehicles in bike lanes is what is needed.

John

[carey...@comcast.net]

I’m definitely in favor of more concrete to keep the cars out of bike lanes but talk to the guy in charge of the city. We could do a better job requiring the scooter companies to discipline riders and they do some on their own.  That would require that someone in the administration actually gave a shit about micromobility and put someone in charge of bike/ped issues. The upcoming RFP is an opportunity to deal with some of this if anyone pays attention and has a clue about where it’s going in Nashville.

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