Bird Scooters Have Landed

[bspecht]

Scooters are in Memphis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, San Antonio, etc... There's no reason Kansas City can't have them now.

A lot of people were questioning dockless before winter in DC – nothing notable happened, if weather got too bad they were taken off the streets.

[KCPowercat]

I do see myself more likely to use them than bikeshare (not the most confident biker)...but I would assume they could go on the sidewalks

[DaveKCMO]

I do see myself more likely to use them than bikeshare (not the most confident biker)...but I would assume they could go on the sidewalks

Probably not, but with little enforcement you'd see it just like people riding their bikes on the sidewalk (and the wrong way on streets).

[KCPowercat]

bikes on the sidewalks is a) confusing as the law provides for people to ride on sidewalks outside of "business centers" and b) seem way more offensive to me as a walker as they are bigger/heavier and go much faster than I'm assuming these scooters go?

Not saying any of that is right or wrong, just my impressions.

[bspecht]

They move pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2SK_60VpHs

[KCPowercat]

we shouldn't worry about them on the sidewalks here, we have enough non-ADA compliant corners, we won't be able to travel far

[mean]

I can't tell if this is a stupid temporary fad doomed to failure or a stupid long-term fad doomed to annoy the shit out of me.

[taxi]

They move pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2SK_60VpHs

"People are taking shits on your scooters in San Francisco. How does that make you feel?"

[bspecht]

Get ready. Lime is looking for an Operations Manager in KC.

[DaveKCMO]

Get ready. Lime is looking for an Operations Manager in KC.

That makes two confirmed operators!

[KCPowercat]

are they their bikes or scooters?

[DaveKCMO]

are they their bikes or scooters?

Maybe both! More to come...

[flyingember]

bspecht, do people with scooters do a pretty good job of staying off sidewalks in DC? There, at least they have bike lanes and enough cyclists that cars know to keep an eye out.

Scooter mania is in full force in SF. KC a will struggle to keep them off the sidewalks bc there aren’t enough protected bike lanes and there isn’t too much foot traffic. That said, the introduction of scooters will help drive the sense of urgency for more non-car infrastructure.

I could see a scooter network doing well from Brooksside to the River Market (aka streetcar) but am curious how the system would do in the winter. Either way, KC is probably a ways off, these companies will probably expand internationally before they come to KC.

KC code is designed with the expectation that scooter riders (like bike riders) will use the sidewalk. There's going to be zero effort and no additional urgency made for them

See 70-695

[KCPowercat]

City staff is in fact researching this now.

[Imarealperson]

These are everywhere in Nashville.

[flyingember]

City staff is in fact researching this now.

40-117 hasn't changed the cost of horse drawn lunch carts since the 1970s.

I'll believe change is underway when there's an ordinance that passes

[KCPowercat]

Great.

[gfenn11]

Bird is hiring for their charging team in KC, so I guess we will see both limebikes/scooters as well as Bird scooters very soon!

[DaveKCMO]

Bird is hiring for their charging team in KC, so I guess we will see both limebikes/scooters as well as Bird scooters very soon!

Where did you see this?

[gfenn11]

Bird is hiring for their charging team in KC, so I guess we will see both limebikes/scooters as well as Bird scooters very soon!

Where did you see this?

It was an ad on my Facebook feed. I went ahead and did the sign-up process and everything.