The City Electric Newsletter, Vol. 7: Chicago Bound!
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In this issue:
Chicago, Berkeley, and Seattle choose Superpedestrian
The happy marriage of micromobility and transit
Jeepless in Seattle
NACTO is coming to our backyard
Colbert roasted us
Chicago, Berkeley, and Seattle choose Superpedestrian
Superpedestrian's bright yellow scooters are headed to Chicago early this summer! Superpedestrian is excited to be in the windy city soon, which approved a permanent citywide shared scooter program last October.
We also just rolled out in Berkeley, expanding our regional footprint which includes Oakland and Emeryville. We kicked off our first day with an event celebrating with the Downtown Berkeley Association and Councilmembers Rigel Robinson and Terry Taplin, then hosted demo rides the next day at Berkeley's Bike to Wherever Day festivities.
We're also thrilled that we will continue to operate in Seattle, having just been awarded a permit to operate in the Emerald City through 2023. Nothing feels better than riding a Superpedestrian scooter up Seattle's hills!
The happy marriage of micromobility and public transit
Pittsburgh, Seattle, Madrid, and Milwaukee are four cities betting that better alignment between scooters and public transit can reduce car usage and ownership.
In this report, published in partnership with Cities Today, city, policy, and industry leaders give tangible strategies for cities looking to integrate scooters with public transit.
Download the report on our website.
Jeepless in Seattle
We've seen big increases in e-scooter use with gas prices surging, and a rider survey of 2,000 Seattlites revealed that more people are indeed using scooters as a way around high gas prices. From March 2021 to March 22, we saw a 360% increase in rides in Seattle, showing that the 50% of riders who said they're riding more due to gas prices really are leaving their cars at home and grabbing a scooter instead.
Watch the KIRO7 news story
NACTO is coming to our own backyard
It's been a long cold lonely winter (and pandemic), so we're extremely excited that the NACTO Designing Cities conference is returning in-person this year and in our own backyard! Save the date for Boston, Somerville, and Cambridge this September 7-10. Join Superpedestrian and over 900 officials, planners, and practitioners advancing transportation in cities.
(Photo credit: NACTO)
Colbert roasted us
ICYMI, Colbert discovered there's a plucky micromobility company with a really long name.
Watch the clip
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