Traffic & Transit

City Picks Lime, Bird, And Spin As Vendors For Second Scooter Program

Lime, Bird, and Spin each will get to distribute 3,333 electric scooters across the city when the second pilot program begins on Aug. 12.

CHICAGO (CBS) — City officials have chosen three companies to participate in the second scooter pilot program, which will begin in the middle of next month. “The selected companies demonstrated in their applications the ability to meet Chicago’s strict operational, safety and equity guidelines for the four-month scooter pilot, which is expected to launch on August 12,” the mayor’s office said in a statement Thursday morning.

Lime, Bird, and Spin each will get to distribute 3,333 electric scooters across the city when the second pilot program begins on Aug. 12, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation.

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