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Jun 10, 2021

Yet Another Scooter Company Is Coming To The D.C. Region, This Time With Monthly Rentals

Unlike other e-scooter fleets, Unagi allows users to rent their own personal scooter every month.

May 14, 2021

This New Scooter Will Angrily Beep At You If You Ride On A D.C. Sidewalk

A new device that beeps at Spin scooter users if they ride on sidewalks is in the pilot stage, with no concrete plans yet on whether it will be fully rolled out to the company’s 3,000 scooters in D.C.

Feb 27, 2020

Bird, Lime, Bolt, And Razor Scooters To Leave D.C. After Unsuccessful Appeals

Bird, Lime, Bolt and Razor will have to leave the District at the end of March.

Dec 26, 2019

DDOT Slams Brakes On Planned Scooter Fleet Changes, Allows Excluded Companies To Appeal

The city originally said that Bird, Lime, Razor, and Bolt would have to get off the streets next year. Now they have a chance to fight to stay.

Oct 01, 2019

District Proposal Would Cut The Number Of Dockless Scooter Operators In Half

But the actual number of scooters in the District would still see an increase.

Sep 17, 2019

Just How Environmentally Friendly Are All Those Scooters?

Companies claim they’re getting cars off the road. But e-scooters have their own emissions.

 
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