Seattle’s scooter and bike share program is navigating a bit of a bumpy road as one company with devices on city streets has filed for bankruptcy and another is reportedly… Read More
A new blue Bird has been spotted in Seattle. The company know for its silver, standing e-scooters is bringing bikes to the city as part of the Department of Transportation’s… Read More
The pilot phase of Seattle’s scooter share program has reached the end of the road and three companies have been selected to continue putting their micromobility devices on city streets,… Read More
— Zillow’s VP of Partner Success Racquel Russell joined the board of micro-mobility company Bird, known for its scooter sharing platform. “As a city dweller with a strong public policy… Read More
Oh, Seattle, are you sure you’re ready to release electric scooters to the masses? A week after Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said she wants to try a scooter-share pilot program… Read More
Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien said he has been a bicycle commuter for 20 years. On the plaza on Thursday in front of City Hall, O’Brien showed up carrying his… Read More
Scooters are speeding toward Seattle. Seattle officials are planning to launch a free-floating scooter-share pilot, building off of the city’s bike-share program, GeekWire has learned. The plan follows initial reluctance… Read More
Seattle was the first city in the nation to embrace dockless bike-share — but it may be one of the last to allow free-floating, rentable electric scooters on its streets.… Read More
Uber is exploring the possibility of acquiring one of the hot new scooter startups that sped headlong onto the transportation tech scene this year, according to multiple reports. Citing anonymous… Read More
Birds are arriving in Tacoma, Wash. this weekend. The Santa Monica, Calif., electric scooter share company plans to launch a fleet in the Tacoma, which neighbors Seattle to the south.… Read More
Today’s featured stories A nonprofit battles the ‘magnetic media crisis’ by digitizing aging movies before they vanish Seattle police try new tactic to give game streamers and others defense against… Read More
Bird sightings are becoming more common in Seattle. Bird scooters that is. GeekWire readers — and this reporter — have spotted what look like Bird’s shared electric scooters cruising around Seattle.… Read More
If 2011 was the year of the ride-hailing app, then 2018 is the year of the scooter. But in the seven years since Uber began launching in cities without permission,… Read More
Portland will allow two shared, electric scooter companies to launch as early as this week, according to an announcement from the city’s Bureau of Transportation Wednesday. Bird and Skip have… Read More
It was quite a week for controversial news. First up: Would you let a facial recognition program track your kids at school? One tech dad is making the technology a… Read More
Bird looks poised to bring its shared, electric scooters to Seattle. The startup is hiring for a local community manager in Seattle and has posted Craigslist ads every day since June 29 seeking… Read More
Certain people in my house are big fans of the Lime-E shareable electric bikes as a new option for getting around the neighborhood, so we were excited when we spotted… Read More
The Seattle Seahawks have been known in years past as a team that “flies around the field,” thanks mainly to the speed of some their defensive players. One bird of… Read More