The city of Santa Monica’s official “shared mobility” pilot program will launch next month with 2,000 electric scooters and 1,000 electric bikes divided between start-ups Bird and
Californians could ride motorized scooters without helmets under legislation headed to Gov. Jerry Brown.
Lawmakers in the California Assembly passed the bill Wednesday. It would let adults ride the devices
Planning Director David Martin is expected to announce his picks for the city’s official electric scooter/bike pilot program Thursday. The selection of up to four companies to operate
Electric scooter start-up Lime has offered the city of Santa Monica $1.5 million for infrastructure improvements as part of their application to participate in a pilot program launching next
Starting this week, a new public education campaign to equip electric scooter riders with the rules of the road will launch in Santa Monica and the Westside. Safe riding tips
Nearly a year after the first flock of Bird e-scooters appeared on Santa Monica sidewalks, the city has painted the first parking spaces for shared mobility devices.
On Tuesday, August
The Summer of eScooters is almost over – will they survive? Probably in some form or fashion is my guess. They’re both very popular, and very unpopular. The vast middle
Shared electric scooters could be banned in the nation's second-largest city until regulations are approved and permits are issued.
A motion by Los Angeles Councilman Paul Koretz would
A highly visible education campaign aimed to get electric scooters off the Strand yielded no tickets and no impounded scooters, despite the city’s stance the devices are illegal on
Hidden beneath all the hype in Santa Monica surrounding the dockless scooter app Bird, there’s a second electric vehicle company in town still zooming under the radar. If you
Bird is spreading its wings to neighboring communities despite an ongoing legal dispute with the City of Santa Monica.
The company has rolled out its electric vehicles in several new