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Scooters are coming! But what if they don’t launch until Jan 1... In Seattle...? Perhaps we will find a way to do something sooner. Portland launched in 2 months to run the best pilot in the country. Tacoma: 3 weeks.
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2. "We don’t have to reinvent the wheel here," Hopkins said. "It’s the same in almost every city. Just copy Portland. An ounce of practice is better than a time of very expensive studies that tell us what every other city has already told us."
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3. "Ogden, Utah launched its pilot in two weeks," said Jonathan Hopkins, Lime's director for strategic development in the Northwest. "Tacoma in three weeks. A lot of places have turned this around quite quickly."
4. “People overwhelmingly prefer protected bike lanes for [🛴 & 🚲] usage," Hopkins continued. "When people are riding on sidewalks the real reason they’re doing that is because there’s no safe space created for them."
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5. “If we have the same sort of urgency we say we have about climate, congestion, taking care of people in an equitable way," Hopkins told the council members present, "then we do it tomorrow. But it takes this level of urgency."
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6. Not stated in the hearing, but worth noting: one would assume any city in the Northern hemisphere seeking to have a successful scooter pilot WOULDN’T launch in January 🌧⛈☔️
(unless it was in 2019 BEFORE viaduct closure).
An ideal pilot would start Aug or before.
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7. Portland launched their best-in-the-country pilot in 2 months, and that pilot (which Seattle watched closely) finished 6 months ago.
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