?? Divvy continues with dizzying success

Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Divvy announce the expansion of their popular bikeshare system?which has been running since 2013. The plan is to deploy an additional 250 stations and 3,000 bikes over the next two years, meaning that Chicago will soon boast the most coverage of any city in North America.

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Despite some doubts from locals on the expansion, the stats show positive feedback from the city residents. "Divvy ridership is 60% higher than it was in 2019. And, this time, this year, we are already 40% higher than we were last year in terms of ridership," says Caroline Samponaro, Vice President of Bike and Scooter Policy at Lyft Transit.

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Onwards and upwards!

???Bird’s new tech set to take flight

Bird has just announced that it is?launching several new technology upgrades?to help meet the needs of its city partners and their residents. The new software has several features which aim to improve the user experience by lowering the frequency of misuse and encouraging safer parking and riding.

To start, Bird is enhancing its?Visual Parking System, which allows riders to use augmented reality to figure out a place nearby to park their scooter. But far from being technology of the future, this high-tech solution to clearing sidewalks is already live in California and a few cities in Europe. Age verification, double-riding and curb-riding prevention are also tackled in the?suite of upgrades.

Launches & expansions

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Bird?| Scooters

Renewal for permanent program in?Tecumseh, ON?| 30 scooters?

Neuron Mobility?| Scooters

Launch in?Oshawa, ON?| 250 scooters

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WE-cycle / PBSC Urban Solutions?| Bikes and electric bikes

Season re-launch in?Roaring Fork Valley, CO?| 420 bikes and electric bikes

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YS Scooter LLC?| Scooters

Launch in?Yellow Springs, OH?| 20 scooters

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Pauses & exits

Northampton, MA?| Similar to Cardinal Bikeshare in Raleigh, N.C., the regional?ValleyBike system is in limbo.

Summit County, UT?|?County considers bringing bikeshare operations in-house.

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City updates

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Regina, SK?|?City council passes amendments?to bylaws, making private and shared e-scooters legal on public roads.

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Arlington County, VA?| County plans for?improvements to end-of-trip facilities?for shared e-bike and e-scooter users.

Santa Barbara, CA?|?BCycle system reaches target fleet size of 250 e-bikes.

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Industry news

Lyft?research?suggests deploying electrification at only 20% of Lyft’s bike-docking stations in a given city is enough to allow the company to keep 80% of its fleet charged consistently.

The New Urban Mobility alliance (NUMO)?releases an environmental impact report?on shared micromobility services.

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