GREAT FALLS — Electric scooter company Bird is bringing e-scooters to Great Falls. Currently, the scooters reveals above can be found in entrance of Speaking Socially at 509 1st Avenue North.
In order to hire one of many scooters, you have to obtain the Bird app and comply with the directions. Click right here for particulars.
Bird scooters typically price $1 to unlock; the per-minute price to trip varies between cities.
According to the Bird app, the price in Great Falls is 39 cents per minute, and the minimal per-ride price is $3.50 . There are a number of areas in downtown Great Falls to select from, primarily based on the Bird map.
Bird app in Great Falls
The City of Great Falls stated in a information launch on Friday that electrical scooters can be utilized on roads and in bike lanes and have a most pace of 15 miles per hour. Scooters have to be parked out of the best way of pedestrians and must not ever block driveways. Riders have to be at the least 18 years outdated entry the Bird scooters. Riders are inspired to put on a helmet on each trip and should adjust to all commonplace guidelines of the street relevant to bicycles.
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“The GFPD would like the community to know that all City of Great Falls Ordinances and Montana State Statutes, applicable to bicycles, are applicable to these types of scooters. We want the community to be safe and follow all rules and regulations,” stated Lt. Doug Mahlum of the Great Falls Police Department.
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Bird.co web site
The information launch says that except in any other case allowed by designated City authorised signage, or situations render bicycle journey on a road unsafe, bicycles might solely be ridden on these parts of the sidewalk which are a portion of the River’s Edge Trail System, as depicted on essentially the most present River’s Edge Trail Map accessible on the City Computer Mapping and Addressing Department or on-line by clicking right here.
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Bird scooters exterior of Speaking Socially in Great Falls (MTN)