MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee will launch a 3rd dockless electric scooter pilot study this summer time, the town introduced Tuesday, June 21.
The Common Council unanimously authorised the pilot study Tuesday. After being signed into regulation by the mayor, it’s anticipated scooters shall be again on the town’s streets in early August.
“Incorporating new technology with multiple modes of transportation adds vitality to Milwaukee, increasing public activity and connecting people to neighborhood businesses,” Mayor Cavalier Johnson stated in a information launch. “This scooter pilot aligns with that vision, and I thank the Common Council for approving this program.”
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Like pilot research performed in 2019 and 2021, this 12 months’s study would allow as much as 1,800 amongst three scooter corporations to participate. The study shall be managed by the Milwaukee Department of Public Works.
During the latest pilot study in 2021, the town discovered a median of two,452 riders per day. At th time, 70% of individuals surveyed thought scooters must be allowed.
The pilot study is scheduled to finish Dec. 31. If Milwaukee adopts a scooter licensing earlier than that date, the study shall be suspended.
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The study’s purpose, the town stated, is to “observe, solicit feedback on, and evaluate the effectiveness of dockless scooters in Milwaukee for the purpose of determining how to best incorporate scooters into the transportation landscape moving forward.”
Additional particulars concerning the study will be discovered on the town’s web site.