The first installment of an easy-to-gather collection of media coverage on electric scooters, the companies who rent them, the cities who regulate them (or not), and the public who loves (or hates) them.
There was plenty of media coverage about electric scooters to note this week.
National Media
- Electric scooters’ sudden invasion of American cities, explained (Vox, August 28)
- Uber 'to focus on bikes over cars' (BBC News, August 27)
- The Race to Capture Micro-Mobility: ‘I Don’t Think Any of Us Expected Scooters to Be the Thing’ (GTM, August 29)
Local Opinions
- Los Angeles should embrace smart mobility policies that connect communities and create opportunities (Los Angeles Daily News, August 27)
Local News
- Columbus sets rules for motorized scooters (Columbus Dispatch, August 28)
- Denver to begin painting designated scooter parking (Denver ABC 7, August 27)
- Electric Scooter Services Return To Indianapolis Next Week (WYFI, August 28)
- Bird Cages (Yard & Company, August 15)
- In the battle of electric scooters vs. bikes in Charlotte, one is clearly winning (The Virginian-Pilot, August 29)
Weekly Scooter Media Brief: September 3–11
The news and opinions are filling newspapers and websites faster than electric scooters are filling sidewalks.
Weekly Electric Scooter Media Brief: Aug. 29 – Sept. 4
The second installment "Weekly Electric Scooter Media Brief" presents a veritable cornucopia of breaking news, opinions, and insights into the wild west of electric scooter regulation.
Scooter Media Brief: Safety, Security, and Business Models Raise Concerns
Recent news has revealed some cracks in the pavement below the speedy wheels of electric scooter share.
Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin
People don’t kill cities. Freeways do.
US to reduce Colorado River water deliveries to Mexico
A new Colorado Treaty amendment reduces Mexico’s Colorado River water allocation by 250,000 acre feet.
5 New England states march closer to 800 megawatt wind energy project
Securing federal approval for the project may be complicated under the Trump administration, which has historically been hostile towards domestic wind power.
Baltimore to break ground on $50 million Transit Priority Project
The project will bring faster bus trips, safer streets and better bike connections to Baltimore.
Airbnb launches $250 million 'last-dollar financing' housing accelerator, makes first investment in Austin
The company will put $6.4 million towards affordable housing development in Texas’ capital.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association