Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Scooters

Revel users will be required to upload a selfie before riding

Revel To Riders: Please Come Learn To Drive Our Scooters

By Dave Colon | Aug 15, 2019 | 18 Comments

Scooter share company Revel is hosting a series of pop-up scooter schools so riders around its service area can actually learn to operate the scooters before setting off on their journeys.

Revel Sued by Cyclist Who Was Hit By One of its Many Untrained Scooter Drivers

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 1, 2019 | 94 Comments

Win or lose, the case is likely to raise enormous questions about the expanding company and have vast ramifications on an industry that’s trying to fill the city’s transportation gaps.

Hey, West Side Greenway, Citi Bike Called and It Wants Its Bike Lane Back!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 18, 2019 | 66 Comments

The outrage has only just begun over state lawmakers' apparent plans to bar e-bikes and e-scooters from the Hudson River Greenway.

Delivery workers will have to wait until 2020 for justice, but it could come quickly if lawmakers get their way. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

E-Bike Legalization Bill Will Pass on Wednesday, Thanks to Greenway, Manhattan Scooter Exemptions

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 17, 2019 | 177 Comments

No shared e-scooters in Manhattan. No e-bikes or scooters on the Hudson River Greenway. No helmet requirements. Bike lanes filled with e-scooters. Read all about it!

Soon, you won't see this anymore: E-bikes are legal! Photo: Macartney Morris

Op-Ed: Stop Targeting Food-Delivery Workers. Legalize Throttle E-Bikes

By Marco Conner | Jun 8, 2019 | 5 Comments

Transportation Alternatives' leader Marco Conner challenges Mayor de Blasio to do better by hard-working delivery cyclists.

Shared Motor Scooter Company Revel to Expand Into Brooklyn and Queens

By Julianne Cuba | May 29, 2019 | 54 Comments

They're not mopeds, but Revel's electric mini-motorcycles are expanding their footprint.

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