DOT announces three companies selected
for e-scooter pilot in the east Bronx
BY JASON COHEN
With congested roads, overcrowded
buses and subways,
and many parts of the borough
known as transportation
deserts, Bronxites will soon
have a new method of transportation.
On April 14, the Department
of Transportation (DOT)
announced Bird, Veo and
Lime were the three companies
chosen for the electric
scooter share pilot program.
The pilot, which will run
for a minimum of one year,
will focus on communities including
Eastchester, Co-Op
City, Throggs Neck and Soundview.
It will allow the DOT to
see how e-scooter share programs
work on city streets for
the fi rst time and will require
that companies participating
in the initiative operate in
alignment with the City’s Vision
Zero and equity goals.
“We are proud to bring escooter
share to the Bronx,”
said DOT Commissioner Hank
Gutman. “We welcome Bird,
Lime and Veo—and we look
forward to working closely
with them, elected offi cials
and local Bronx communities
to make e-scooter share an effective,
convenient and safe
way to get around.”
It is estimated to bring as
many as 2,000 to 3,000 scooters
to the east Bronx during Phase
1 (2021; including neighborhoods
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of Eastchester, Wakefi
eld, Pelham Parkway and
Co-op City) with an increase
to as many as 4,000 to 6,000 in
a potential second phase (2022;
including Throggs Neck,
Parkchester and Soundview).
The zone is designed not to
overlap with Bronx neighborhoods
targeted by Citi Bike as
part of the bike share company’s
current expansion plan.
By early summer, e-scooters
are expected to be on the
streets of the Phase One area.
The e-scooter program was
the brainchild of Councilman
Fernando Cabrera who introduced
legislation to bring
them to the Bronx in 2018.
“The Bronx always feels
like we’re last, but today
we’re the fi rst to start a pilot
program,” Cabrera said. “I
couldn’t think of a better place
to start the pilot program. We
are excited.
I can’t wait till we have
it all throughout the city because
it’s going to make our
city’s transportation better.”
Sam Cooper, senior manager
of government partnerships
at Bird, said the company
looks forward to providing a
safe reliable form of transportation
for Bronxites.
“Bird is extremely honored
to be part of the fi rst ever escooter
pilot in NYC,”Cooper
stated. “Bird’s mission is to
get people out of cars and into
cleaner forms of transportation
and there’s no better
place to do that than here in
the Bronx.”
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