Shared electric scooters are set to become a permanent part of Chicago’s transportation system in May, city transportation officials announced Thursday.Three firms — Lime, Spin and Superpedestrian — won two-year licenses from the city to deploy a maximum of 3,000 scooters on Chicago’s streets starting May 10. Each firm will be allowed no more than 1,000 scooters, according to the rules.
That will create the nation’s first docked bicycle and scooter system in the nation, officials said. It will be located downtown, which will see shared e-scooters for the first time once the program launched. That program got the green light from the Chicago City Council in October after two pilot programs in 2019 and 2020 convinced city officials that the motorized two-wheelers will reduce congestion and encourage the use of public transportation throughout Chicago.
Six companies applied for the city’s scooter licenses, officials said. Bird, Helbiz and Veo were not selected.The plan approved by the Chicago City Council allowed 6,000 scooters to hit city streets in the first phase of the program, with each firm limited to 2,000 scooters. That was scaled back in January, amid continuing concerns that the scooters, often discarded haphazardly by riders and wheeled down crowded sidewalks, proved to be a nuisance in their wards.
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