Bird, Lyft, Skip, Spin and Jump. No that’s not a new Olympic field event, those are the companies inflicting dockless electric scooters on pedestrians in the District of Columbia. But not at the Capitol, says US Capitol Police spokesperson Eva Malecki:
“The proliferation of electric scooters and other motorized devices for rent has become a safety and security concern for the Department. They should not be parked and/or left unattended on Capitol Grounds.”
“We have been working to better educate users of the restrictions for using and/or parking scooters on Capitol Grounds as well as the various companies that make them available to the public.”
“Scooter commuters of Capitol Hill, take note,” Katherine Tully-McManus, Roll Call
Updates:
“Eleanor Holmes Norton says let them scoot!” Clyde McGrady, The Hill
“Transportation lawmakers race scooters in House office building,” Rachel Frazin, The Hill
Related:
“Overnight e-scooter ban and complaint line proposed in DC,” Zeke Hartner, WTOP
Paris clamps down on electric scooters as law of the jungle rules,” Forrest Crellin, Reuters
“River patrol pulls e-scooters from bottom of Willamette River,” KATU
“US cities are joining forces to figure out what the hell to do with all these scooters,” Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge
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