It’s been six weeks since Lime’s rentable electric scooters arrived on Seattle’s streets, following a lengthy approval process by the city. In that time, Lime says the addition of scooters… Read More
The Seattle City Council on Tuesday voted 8-1 to approve a scooter-share pilot program. Transportation Committee Chair Alex Pedersen was the lone vote against the ordinance. After an environmental review… Read More
Lime will double the number of bikes available to rent in Seattle, but says the long-term viability of the service depends on whether city officials also allow its scooter-share program… Read More
Car-sharing is back. Seattleites have a new mobility option thanks to AAA, which just launched its GIG Car Share service in the Emerald City with 250 Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles… Read More
Seattle’s bike-share drought ends Monday as JUMP bikes return, one of the first rollouts since ownership of the service transferred from Uber to Lime. Once the nation’s pioneer in dockless… Read More
Rad Power Bikes is fielding a 297% increase in demand as the pandemic changes consumer transportation and exercise habits. The Seattle e-bike startup disclosed the number Tuesday in a letter… Read More
Three years ago, thousands of candy-colored shared bicycles appeared on Seattle streets, rebranding the characteristically gray-green city with a theme park aesthetic. Despite complaints about clutter, the arrival of dockless… Read More
Lime is pausing its e-scooter and e-bike services in California, Washington, Italy, France, and Spain, starting Tuesday. The company said the closures are intended to slow the spread of COVID-19.… Read More
Seattle is getting a new free-floating car-share service this spring, filling a void left by popular mobility options that exited the city over the past few months. AAA is expanding… Read More
Lime is bringing its signature green, rentable electric scooters back to Redmond, Wash., March 1. Lime scooters were available in the city, where Microsoft is headquartered, throughout 2019. The mobility… Read More
Lime informed its Seattle customers Tuesday morning that it will remove its e-bikes from the city over the next week, a new wrinkle in the city’s deliberations over a scooter-sharing… Read More
Share Now, operator of the car2go car-sharing service, will end operations in North America on Feb. 29, leaving Seattle with no free-floating car-sharing services — a dramatic turn in a… Read More
Seattle’s plan for a free-floating scooter-share pilot program is coming into focus with a newly released environmental impact statement and other filings that reveal key details of the proposal. The… Read More
Microsoft’s aspiration to build one of America’s first high-speed rail lines in the Pacific Northwest hit a speed bump this week as Washington state voters pumped the brakes on other… Read More
Car2go is putting five cities in the rear-view mirror as the North American free-floating car-sharing market contracts rapidly. SHARE NOW, car2go’s parent company, said Friday that the service will shut… Read More
Just a few months ago, Seattle was pioneering free-floating car-sharing in the U.S. as the preferred test market for these new automotive mobility services. But the news Thursday that Lime… Read More
Car-sharing is stalling in Seattle. Lime is shuttering LimePod, a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday, marking the second closure of a free-floating car-sharing service in Seattle in two months. Lime will begin… Read More
We’re back with a new episode of Elevator Pitch, the GeekWire show in which entrepreneurs pitch their business concepts in the 32 seconds it takes to travel to the top… Read More
A service that connects parents with vetted drivers to ferry their kids around rolled out in Seattle this week. HopSkipDrive is a Los Angeles startup that provides an Uber-like transportation… Read More
As cities across the country embrace new mobility services like bike and scooter-share, sidewalks are getting awfully crowded. The growing number of bikes and scooters parked on sidewalks can make… Read More
Seattle’s scooter plans are moving forward. The city launched a six-month due diligence process Tuesday to prepare for a scooter-share pilot that will begin next spring, officials confirmed with GeekWire.… Read More
Drive, walk, transit, bike, or — scooter? Free-floating electric scooter-share is the latest mobility option Google Maps will serve up to travelers looking for the best route home. Alphabet and… Read More
Some startups go up, others go down. We’re back for another season of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch video series, where entrepreneurs compete for startup glory … on the 48-second ride to… Read More
Peace out, ReachNow. BMW’s car-sharing service abruptly ceased operation Wednesday, ending a mobility program that included 1,000 free-floating vehicles used by more than 100,000 members across Seattle and Portland. A… Read More
Cities across the U.S. are adding new shared bike and scooter programs from the likes of Lime, Uber, Lyft, and other fast-growing and well-funded mobility companies. Many have data-sharing agreements… Read More
Reach Now is bringing Seattle startup Validated under its roof as the joint mobility venture between BMW and Daimler continues to expand its offerings. Validated allows businesses and employers subsidize… Read More
This Friday, Lime scooters will roll out on the streets of Everett, Wash., a city 28 miles north of Seattle. Everett is launching a three-month scooter-share pilot starting with 100… 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
Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. See this story for more details about her proposed scooter pilot. Seattle is a city that invents… Read More
Kona Farry is a self-described transit geek and student at the University of Washington who set out to solve a simple problem. In his words, he “just wanted to see… Read More