Electric scooters have become a major method of transportation in cities around the country over the past few years, providing an inexpensive and eco-friendly travel alternative. Most electric scooters to date have been essentially dockless,…
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Citylab.com: The Hot New Thing in Dockless Electric Scooters: Docks
To understand the promise and peril of dockless scooters, look at Austin, Texas. This week, at least 9,000 of the zippy rentables are scattered on the capital city’s streets during this year’s South by Southwest…
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Washington Post: Scooters are littering sidewalks and injuring pedestrians. Can this start-up bring order to the chaos?
They lean against bike racks, block entrances, crowd street corners and tip onto their sides, turning a convenient form of transportation into a sidewalk hazard that is particularly dangerous for the elderly and disabled. Now…
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The Hustle: Swiftmile is pitching cities its solution for cleaning up the scooter-filled streets
Since e-scoots were dumped on the streets at the end of 2017, they’ve been a driving example of exactly why humans can’t have nice things. Riders continue to scatter them all across sidewalks, parks, and…
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Swiftmile at SXSW
We are honored to be at SXSW this year to help to bring order to the scooter chaos.