LimeBike, one of the largest bike-sharing programs in the city, has announced they’ll be pulling out of Seattle by the end of the year.
The company has said it may return to Seattle in April, potentially with the addition of e-scooters, pending negotiations with the city.
LimeBike has about 2,000 total bicycles in Seattle, all of which will disappear at the end of their current city permit, Dec. 31.
Lime spokesman Alex Youn told The Seattle Times that they’ve already reduced their fleet for the winter, but that they’re, “committed to working with the City of Seattle to create a robust mobility program that includes free-floating scooters and improved bike options beginning in the spring.”
The Times reports that Lime customers who prepaid for bike trips may seek refunds or info by emailing Lime support (support@li.me) — or wait until 2020 to cash in their rides on the potential new scooter fleet.
Photo: LimeBike
Good. I’m sick and tired or them dumped all over the place hindering pedestrians.
Oh stop your barking, you silly dog!
I call it what it is; littering. If it were anything else, it’d be called just this. We will never become Demark, or thank God, France. You can walk across these tiny fiefdoms in a day. Those people there are hardly free, with tiny narrow roads, made for goats and horse pulled carts. But, they do have great food!
Those people there are hardly free, with tiny narrow roads, made for goats and horse pulled carts.
So people are free based on how wide their roads are? LA is just bursting with freedom then.
Paintking – have you have never been to Denmark or France?
lay off the paint chips there bud
They’re not litter. They’re vehicles which ought to be parked legally.
Illegally parked bicycles should be fined and towed. Seattle knows how to do this but refuses to enforce its codes selectively. That should stop.
When you read local politicians complain about their inability to pay for everything, remember that parking enforcement is profitable. Even when the privileged ableist ageist bicycle lobby whines!
*Seattle knows how to do this but refuses to enforce its codes selectively.*
Words matter. I assume you mean: Seattle knows how to do this but refuses NOT to enforce its codes selectively? Because selective enforcement is what leads to your bug bear. It’s literally the whole point you’re sputtering to make.
I am always amazed at how many online comments leave out the most important word in the entire comment. Whatever.
Good point, my bad.
May your Boxing Day be unimpeded by poorly parked vehicles!
May your new year be a blessing in every way.
Good. I hate bikes.
Beaver – what happened to your inner child? Riding a bike is such a wonderful thing to do. I feel sad for you.