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
Whether you’re a fan of riding them or you’re aggravated by having to step around them on sidewalks, it appears electric scooters are here to stay as a transportation option… Read More
Seattle’s scooter share fleet is growing. Spin, the micromobility company backed by Ford Motor Co., is set to receive a permit from the Seattle Department of Transportation and join three… Read More
Scooting around the idea of scooter sharing, Oakland, Calif.-based Unagi is broadening its “All Access” subscription service to several new cities, including Seattle. The model allows scooter riders to have… Read More
With a plan to move faster and with more innovation than traditional e-scooter rental companies, Shared hit the streets in 2019. When COVID-19 hit a year later, the Seattle-based company… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: A group of architects released their concept for a Seattle skyscraper suited to life in the post-pandemic world, where… Read More
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 Department of Transportation has selected three micromobility companies to seek permits to take part in a Scooter Share Program which was approved by the Seattle City Council on… 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
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 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
The hacking of multiple Ring cameras this week brought the sometimes abstract world of tech security and privacy into stark relief, as hackers watched and harassed families and children in their… 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
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
Editor’s note: The headline of this story has been updated to more accurately describe scooter-share in the Seattle region. Cities surrounding Seattle are embracing scooter-share, the new mobility craze that is… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Four years after acquiring Minecraft, Microsoft this week unveiled its most ambitious effort yet to take the popular franchise to the next level, and… 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
Portland transportation officials are recommending that the city launch a longer pilot for rentable electric scooters in 2019, building on a four-month test run with the new mobility devices last… Read More
Ford is acquiring scooter startup Spin, according to a report from Axios citing anonymous sources. The deal, which one source puts at around $40 million, would help Ford compete with… Read More
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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
Lime — the San Francisco company that operates shared bright green bicycles and scooters in cities throughout the country — is launching a pilot program in Tacoma, Wash., Friday. The… Read More
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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
Soon many commuters have the ability to book a Lime electric scooter using the Uber app. Despite a rivalry between Uber and Lime’s dockless bikeshare services, the two transportation companies… Read More