YIMBY News for 11/16

[Eric Budd]

Seattle Scootershare Ridership Continues to Surge, as Critics Make Regulatory Push

The Urbanist

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Seattle’s scootershare and bikeshare program continues to boom, setting a new ridership record in 2025. At the same time, the “micromobility” program could be at risk of falling victim to its own popularity, with increasing calls to beef up regulations, particularly on where scooter are able to be parked and ridden. In fact, a recent op-ed in the *Seattle Times* by local author Steve Olson even argued the City should ban shared stand-up scooters altogether. It may sound extreme, but a few cities have gone down this route, including Paris, which approved a ban on scooters following a low-turnou

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