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
One of the most interesting features of the shared Spin scooters that rolled out this month in Seattle is technology that detects when someone is riding a scooter on a… 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
Two years after it pulled its orange bike-share bicycles out of Seattle, Spin is returning with electric scooters, joining a King County pilot program that has already attracted Lime. San… 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
Spin, the operator of Seattle’s dwindling bright orange bicycles, is shutting down service in the city. The news comes a few weeks after Ofo announced it will be pulling its… Read More
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Last week, Seattle established permanent rules for dockless bikeshare companies but questions remain about the shape this new mobility service will take down the road. Two things are certain: Lime’s… Read More
Ofo confirmed it will shut down operation in Seattle Monday afternoon after the city adopted a new $250,000 annual fee for bikeshare operators. Related: Seattle adopts 250K annual fee for bikeshare… Read More
Seattle approved a new $250,000 annual fee for dockless bikeshare companies that want to operate in the city Monday in a move that could have big implications for the nascent… Read More
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After a year-long pilot and several delays, Seattle is finally ready to establish a permanent dockless bikeshare program. In documents shared with GeekWire, the Seattle Department of Transportation outlines a… Read More
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Updated, June 8, 12:05 p.m. PT: More details from LimeBike have been added to the story below. If you need a LimeBike in North Seattle today, your best bet would… Read More
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There were 10,000 dockless bike share bikes scattered across Seattle at the end of 2017, nearly a quarter of all units nationwide. That was one of the findings in a… Read More
Ofo is the latest Seattle bike-share service to warn riders of brake lines being cut in acts of vandalism. In March, Ofo competitors Spin and LimeBike issued similar warnings to… 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
City planners and researchers are eager to get feedback on Seattle’s novel dockless bike sharing pilot to determine whether it is a viable mobility solution or an oversaturated fad. The… Read More
Update, March 21, 3:40 p.m. PT: This story has been updated with additional information from LimeBike, the Seattle Department of Transportation, and more. Two dockless bike sharing companies in Seattle… Read More
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One of the best parts of the new bike-sharing services is that they’re dockless, or free-floating, allowing riders to leave the bikes pretty much anywhere. It’s also one of the… Read More
Ping pong players who can’t wait until next spring for GeekWire’s annual bash to get their sporty geek on will soon have a new venue in Seattle where they can… Read More
Kyle Rowe is very into bikes. He spent the past four years in the Seattle Department of Transportation working on various biking initiatives, including the pilot program that brought thousands… Read More
After a remarkably dry summer, Seattle is finally bracing for the long months of wet weather ahead. The series of storms passing through herald the season of Netflix binges, pho,… Read More
Seattle, brace yourself for more neon bikes. Spin Bike and LimeBike are expanding their Seattle fleets to 3,000 each. When we last checked in with the dockless bicycle sharing companies,… Read More
In the increasingly crowded world of on-demand transportation options and the apps designed to hail and use those options, a new player is launching in Seattle with the hope of… Read More
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) got the green light to launch a pilot bike-share program in May of 2017. By July, bright orange and green shared bicycles hit the… Read More
You’d have to be completely oblivious to miss the thousands of neon-colored bike-share bicycles that hit the streets of Seattle this summer. But have you looked for the ones that… Read More
Two of Seattle’s new bike-sharing services are making their bicycles more accessible to folks without a smartphone or credit card. Spin announced today that it is rolling out Spin Access,… Read More