Mayor’s office reveals 3 electric scooter companies coming to Chicago next month

Six firms utilized for licenses, and town has picked three to obtain them: Lime, Spin, and Superpedestrian.

In all, there will probably be 3,000 shared electrical scooters.

As well as, the Divvy bike-share system will add 1,000 scooters within the downtown core that may be docked identical to the bikes.

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“A scooter program provides one other simple means for residents and guests to decide on energetic transportation to get round Chicago,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot stated. “As transportation prices go up, it’s essential that we help micromobility options like shared bikes and scooters, which give reasonably priced methods to journey in Chicago with no need a automobile.”

With a purpose to handle sidewalk driving and litter, all scooters will probably be geared up with cable-locking know-how, in addition to sidewalk-riding detection know-how to assist scale back driving on sidewalks, the mayor’s workplace stated. Scooters is not going to be allowed on the Lakefront Path, the 606, Riverwalk or Navy Pier.

To handle the introduction of scooters within the downtown space, solely Divvy scooters will start operations within the central space, and docking in Divvy stations will probably be incentivized. In mid-summer, the remaining scooter firms will be capable of deploy scooters within the downtown space in the event that they meet efficiency targets, in accordance with the mayor’s workplace.

The scooters are anticipated to launch in early Might.