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After a failed experiment by the Bird Scooter Company last summer, Cleveland City Council is considering allowing electric scooters to officially roam the streets of our fair city — and this time with restrictions in place.

In a meeting Monday afternoon, city council discussed the proposal that, if enacted, would require scooter riders to follow the same laws as bicyclists.

Further ideas, according to a press release, included vendors paying a daily fee to the city of Cleveland of $1 per scooter or bike. All of those funds would go to a still-to-be-organized Transportation Infrastructure Fund, which would directly cover bike lane costs around the city. The city would also build more bike/scooter racks to house the devices.

Proposed safety rules would also include:

-A person operating a mobility device is prohibited on any street with a speed limit over 35.
-No person operating a mobility device shall exceed a speed greater than 15 miles per hour.
-No person shall park a mobility device on a sidewalk in such a manner that interferes with pedestrian flow.
-All mobility devices must be parked in an upright position

It’s still unclear if this proposal is moving forward at this time. Meanwhile, the debate over e-scooter safety rages on.

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This article appears in Apr 3-9, 2019.

4 replies on “E-Scooters Could Potentially Make a Comeback in Cleveland”

  1. Please do not reference a “debate over e-scooter safety” when the case that’s linked is, in fact, a goddamn car killing someone. Not a hazard of scooters.

  3. This is absurd….I know that there are definitely safety concerns with these, but how come in much more populated cities like Nashville, Denver, and San Francisco, these are everywhere and the city has no issue. Are our politicians really that stubborn/backward thinking (Answer: Yes)? Is the $1 per scooter really a deal breaker? I’ve always hated that the majority of people that comment on here only have negative things to say, but I’m starting to understand why….we’re holding ourselves back.

    For once, lets think outside the box (even though these scooters barely qualify as that), and maybe we can take a step towards being a better city?

  4. I have an electric bike. I love it. It only maxes at 16 MPH but that is exactly what I want. I feel safer not riding it in the streets with these crazy animals driving.

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