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Scooters Are Coming Back To Chicago, But They Won’t Be Allowed On The 606 Trail
The scooters, which are arriving in the spring, will also be banned on the lakefront path and the riverwalk.
Electric Scooters Coming Downtown Next Spring, But New Tech Will Shut Them Down If On Sidewalks
After two limited pilot programs, the city is putting 6,000 e-scooters on city streets.
Scooters Are Back Starting Wednesday — And This Time, They’ll Be (Almost) Everywhere
Scooters will be available 5 a.m.-10 p.m. daily.
2nd Scooter Pilot Will Start In August, City Says
About 10,000 scooters will be deployed throughout Chicago. Officials hope they can use data and feedback from this second pilot to determine if scooters stay in Chicago.
South And West Siders Will Get Half Off All Rides If Lime Is Chosen For City Pilot Program, Company Says
Lime will provide a 50 percent discount for all rides in the South and West sides if the city's selects the company for the second scooter pilot program starting later this summer.
Scooters Are Coming Back — And There Will Be 10,000 Of Them All Over The City This Time
There will still be some restrictions, though: People will only be able to ride scooters 5 a.m.-10 p.m., and they won't be usable on the Lakefront Trail, the 606 or Downtown.
Next Scooter Pilot Could Have Lockable Scooters — And Fewer Companies Participating
The second pilot will last about four months and be held during warmer months this summer.
Get Scooter Riders Off The Sidewalks And Into The Streets, Aldermen Urge City
City officials said 192 people were injured while riding scooters during last year's pilot program.
The Scooters Are Coming Back: After Pilot Program Ends In ‘Mixed Results,’ City Will Try Again
Approximately 820,000 rides were taken during the pilot program that ran from June to October, officials said.
Chicago Scooters Were Used To Fill Gaps In Public Transportation, With Many Ending Up At CTA Stations, Lime Says
Five of the top 6 destinations for the scooters were Blue Line stops in Logan Square, Wicker Park and West Town.
Scooter Season Is Over For Now — But Will They Return? Group Says They Should (But With Docks This Time)
The Active Transportation Alliance thinks scooters should stay — but docked and kept off urban trails and out of Downtown.
As Scooter Pilot Packs Up For 2019, We Look At The Early Morning And Late Night Workers Who Made It Happen
Block Club Chicago rode along with the AM and PM scooter deployment teams for Lime, one of 10 companies in the city's pilot program.
A Scooter Race Really Happened Last Night In A Logan Square Parking Lot
Artist Derek Erdman dreamt up the Big Purse Liberty Bank 500 e-scooter race — is a scooter roller derby next?
Scooter Rider Takes Off After Crashing Into Bicyclist, Leaving Him Badly Injured
The bicyclist was left with three fractured facial bones, a broken nose and four broken teeth, he said. He needed more than 20 stitches in his face.
No, You Cannot Ride An E-Scooter On The 606 (But People Are Doing It Anyway)
Scooters are filling the Bloomingdale Trail — and runners, walkers and cyclists are annoyed.
New Scooters Racked Up More Than 11,000 Rides In First Weekend, City Says
The scooters are still inspiring plenty of debate among Chicagoans, though.
As Slew Of Scooter Companies Descend On Chicago, Deals Offered For Vets, Low-Income Riders
The city is granting permits to 10 vendors to each operate 250 scooters in the city for the next four months.
