Revel resumes service  
 with new protocols 
 NOT  Reporter Kevin Duggan poses on a Revel.  Photo by Trey Pentecost 
 wearing helmets, which the  
 company will verify before  
 the electric motors can turn  
 on. For those who prefer not  
 to use the included helmets,  
 riders can purchase their  
 own federally-approved helmets  
 for $35 from Revel, the  
 company said. 
 Customers will also have  
 to watch a how-to video, and  
 complete an in-app multiple  
 choice test with 21 questions  
 about how to properly drive  
 Revels while obeying basic  
 rules of the road — including  
 not riding in the bike lane,  
 on sidewalks, through red  
 lights, or on highways. 
 The company will continue  
 to suspend service between  
 midnight and 5 am  
 for the fi rst 60 days, and will  
 work with the city’s Department  
 of Transportation and  
 local stakeholders to expand  
 hours of operation for future  
 service. 
 People can also report bad  
 behavior on Revel’s website  
 without having an account,  
 the company said. 
 The startup, which fi rst  
 rolled out in Bushwick in  
 2018, spread to more parts  
 of Brooklyn and other boroughs  
 during the following  
 years, and became even  
 more popular this summer  
 with  many  riders  seeking  
 alternatives  to  subways and  
 buses for fear of contracting  
 the coronavirus. 
  
 Straphangers blast  
 Subway riders expressed outrage over the idea of a fare increase.  
 BY TODD MAISEL 
 As  the  MTA  considers  
 raising  transit  fares  by  a  
 $1  a  ride  to  close  its  massive  
 budget  gap  related  to  
 the  COVID-19  pandemic,  
 straphangers were either incensed  
 by  the  premise  —  or  
 resigned  to  the  fate  of  having  
 BY KEVIN DUGGAN 
 Brooklyn scooter-sharing  
 company Revel resumed service  
 on Aug.  27 with newlyadded  
 safety features, ending  
 a month-long shutdown  
 that began after a string of  
 crashes aboard the batterypowered  
 vehicles — including  
 three fatalities within a  
 “Revel was born and  
 bred in New York City, and  
 we’re proud to relaunch in  
 our hometown with an even  
 better service,” said Frank  
 Reig, Revel co-founder and  
 chief executive offi cer in a  
 statement. “With support  
 from partners  like  the NYC  
 Department of Transportation, 
  we’re coming back  
 stronger than ever and providing  
 continued access to  
 the more than 360,000 New  
 Yorkers who rely on Revel to  
 get around their city.” 
 Revel had halted its New  
 York operations on July 28 —  
 which came after the deaths  
 of two riders in Queens and  
 Brooklyn, including a CBS2  
 reporter. Another man also  
 crashed in Manhattan on  
 July 25, and succumbed to  
 his injuries on Aug. 4.  
 The return of the scooters  
 comes with a slew of  
 safety  upgrades  intended  to  
 increase safety and accountability  
 — including forcing  
 riders to take a selfi e of themselves  
 and their passenger  
  
 10-day span. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
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 to pay more to commute. 
 Nothing’s final yet — the  
 MTA  mentioned  a  possible  
 fare  hike  among  other  remedies  
 for  closing  its  $12  billion  
 budget deficit during an  
 Aug.  26  meeting.  MTA  officials  
 indicated  that  the  current  
 $2.75  fare  could  jump  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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