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This research would not have been possible without the following: city staff who generously agreed to beinterviewed for this research; John Larson-Friend for data collection assistance; and Luke Clapp, Evan
Elderbrock, and Nicholas J. Klein and for insightful editing.

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Table of contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 5
The promise and challenge of scooters ............................................................................................... 5
How do US cities regulate scooters?.................................................................................................... 6
US scooter parking regulations ....................................................................................................... 7
Fleet requirements as parking management .................................................................................. 9
Do scooters park improperly? ........................................................................................................... 10
Public perceptions of scooter parking ........................................................................................... 10
Observed scooter parking behaviours and citation rates .............................................................. 11
Aligning scooter regulations with city goals ....................................................................................... 12
Micromobility, macro goals ........................................................................................................... 12
Prioritising street and sidewalk space ........................................................................................... 12
Access for all.................................................................................................................................. 14
References ........................................................................................................................................ 16
Annex A. City-based scooter regulations ........................................................................................... 19

FiguresFigure 1. Scooter regulations examined in 37 US cities ...................................................................... 6
Figure 2. Share of cities allowing scooter parking across five locations .............................................. 7
Figure 3. Share of scooters impeding access across eight US cities .................................................. 11

TablesTable A1. Scooter regulations in 37 US cities, fleet caps and operators ......................................... 19
Table A2. Scooter regulations in 37 US cities, parking………………………………………………………………..….21

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Introduction
Dockless electric scooters (“scooters”) are on streets and sidewalks in hundreds of cities worldwide. Asscooters have grown more popular, cities have struggled to both understand and regulate this new mode.
Concerned with ensuring that sidewalks remain clear for other travellers, cities are particularly focused onscooter parking behaviours. Scooter riders are widely accused in the media of improper parking (e.g.,
Bendix (2018)), and mis-parking is a common source of public complaint (Portland Bureau ofTransportation, 2018). Yet as communities grapple with how to best plan for and regulate scooters, theylack both a comprehensive understanding of how cities currently regulate scooters, and evidence ofscooter parking behaviours. To fill this gap, this paper examines how US cities have regulated scooter
parking, analyses rates of improper scooter parking, and synthesises the evidence to discuss how cities canemploy scooter regulations, in conjunction with other policies, to realise broader goals such as promoting
car-alternative travel, access, and mobility for all.

The promise and challenge of scooters
Scooters first hit city streets in Santa Monica, CA in Fall 2017; since then, their explosive growth has beena source of both delight and consternation for travellers and cities alike. On one hand, scooters offer apotential new mode to entice people out of cars and reduce emissions (see for example PBOT (2020)).
Scooters clearly meet a mobility demand among travellers, who in 2019 took over 86 million scooter trips
in the United States alone—more than docked (40 million) and dockless (10 million) bikeshare trips
combined (NACTO, 2020). Despite a clear penchant for scooter rides by some travellers, vehement
opposition to scooters also exists, particularly in response to perceptions that parked scooters “clutter”
public space and may pose trip hazards or block access by other travellers. Opposition takes many forms
including media reports (see for example Gössling (2020)) and publicly-logged complaints; up to 75% of
public micromobility (both scooters and docked and dockless bikeshare) complaints are for improperly
parked vehicles (Portland Bureau of Transportation, 2018; NACTO, 2020). City citations reflect a similar
trend: the majority of scooter violations cite improper parking, including scooters that are tipped over,block pedestrian access, and are locked to impermissible objects (City of Santa Monica, 2019b; SFMTA,
2019b; PBOT, 2020). At the most extreme, cities have ended pilot programmes citing scooter “clutter”(Livingston, 2020). With scooter (mis)parking at the forefront of micromobility public debates, parking
regulation and enforcement is a cornerstone of many US scooter programmes.

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How do US cities regulate scooters?
While scooter parking regulations are often discussed, no two cities regulate scooters the same way. To
better understand how scooter regulations vary across US cities, regulations were catalogued across the
37 US cities shown in Figure 1. While cities regulate any number of additional scooter programme
elements—such as vehicle design, fees, equity plans, and data sharing requirements—the regulations
collected for this research focus specifically on scooter parking regulations as well as fleet size and operator
regulations, two areas which may be shaped by city concerns about parking oversight and enforcement.
Included cities were selected from among the 50 most populous in the United States that both (1) permit
scooters and (2) publish publicly available municipal code or other documents pertaining to scooter
parking requirements. Given the varied regulations across cities, this research also examines citys’
motivations behind different parking requirements, such as why some cities allow parking against buildings
while others do not. To better understand the motivations underlying scooter regulations, interviews wereconducted with staff from six cities, shown in black in Figure 1. City staff were asked about how city goals
related to scooter parking requirements, scooter parking enforcement practices, and if or how otherscooter programme requirements such as fleet caps related to parking concerns. Annex A details
regulations by city.
Figure 1. Scooter regulations examined in 37 US cities

City staff were interviewed from the following six cities: Los Angeles, CA; Omaha, NE; Portland, OR; San
Francisco, CA; Santa Monica, CA; and Washington, DC.

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US scooter parking regulations
Parking regulations vary enormously across US cities, although areas of widespread agreement also exist(see Figure 2). Most regulations focus clearly on keeping sidewalks accessible and clear for all travellers;
however, nuances across cities—or even within the same city—creates labyrinthine regulations that may
challenge cities to communicate to the public or enforce. In many cases, scooters legally parked in one city
would violate another’s parking regulations. The numerous, and often subtle, distinctions between andwithin city scooter regulations may explain why many riders express confusion over parking requirements,
particularly those with a more tenuous connection to accessibility (Brown, Klein and Thigpen, 2021).
Nearly all (95%) cities allow scooters to park in the space adjacent to the curb, often called the street
furniture or curb zone (see NACTO (2013) for examples and definitions). The only cities that do not allow
scooters to park in the furniture zone are Phoenix, AZ and Sacramento, CA, both of which require thatscooters park only in corrals, drop zones, or at bike racks (i.e., not free-standing or parked elsewhere in on
the sidewalk). While most residents can accurately identify the furniture zone (PBOT, 2020), some cities
have launched information campaigns to help clarify proper and improper scooter parking locations.
Many cities first introduce scooters via short-term pilot programmes. Best practices observed from other
cities, as well as prior experiences with bikeshare station or bike rack siting guidelines, typically inform
initial scooter pilot regulations. Los Angeles, for example, does not site bikeshare stations within 15 feetof a corner in order to maintain clear sightlines for travellers; the city applied this same rule to scooters,
and prohibit scooters to park within 15 feet of a corner (LADOT, 2020). Multiple city staff acknowledgedthat while bikeshare guidelines offered a helpful starting place for scooter regulations, pilot programmes
provided valuable observations and lessons to inform subsequent revised regulations.

Share of cities that allow scooter parking

Figure 2. Share of cities allowing scooter parking across five locations
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95%

90%

78%

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70%

70%

62%

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41%

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22%

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Furniture zone

Bike rack

Against building

Against signs

On vegetation orlandscaping

Parking Location
Parking allowed

Parking not allowed

Note: Data for 37 US cities. For detailed regulations and sources by city, see Annex A.

On some regulations, cities are in full agreement. Cities universally prohibit scooters to park near safety
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additionally require that scooters park upright and in a manner that does not impede pedestrian travel orviolate access guaranteed under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); ADA Accessible Design
Guidelines require an accessible sidewalk to have at least 32 inches (0.81 m) of passable space(Department of Justice, 2010).
While most cities allow scooters to park in the furniture zone, considerable variation exists regarding
where scooters may park within the furniture zone. While no cities permit scooters to block pedestrian
travel, they range in how much passable space they require scooters to leave (typically 3- 6 feet or
0.9-1.8 m). Similarly, some cities stipulate minimum sidewalk widths for scooter parking and prohibit any
parking on sidewalks narrower than the stated minimum. Los Angeles, CA, for example, requires scooterspark on sidewalks that are at least three feet (0.9 m) wide while San Francisco, CA only allows scooters topark on sidewalks at least nine feet (2.7 m) wide (SFMTA, 2020; LADOT, 2021). The contrasting minimum
sidewalk widths again highlight both how variable regulations are—San Francisco requires sidewalks threetimes wider than Los Angeles—and how scooter parking allowed in one city may be prohibited in another.
Some cities explain how minimum sidewalk widths can bar scooter parking from large swaths of a city,
especially in historically underinvested and underserved areas (PBOT, 2020). Locating proper parking
spaces where sidewalks are narrower than regulations allow may prove challenging as sidewalk-alternative
parking options such as in-street drop zones or corrals are often limited.
More than two-thirds (70%) of studied cities allow scooters to park against buildings. Two sampled cities(Memphis, TN; Miami, FL) allow scooters to park against buildings, but not in front of commercial windows
or window displays. In some cities, regulations that prohibit building-adjacent parking were motivated bya desire to keep scooters off private property; in others, regulations were informed by discussions withdisability rights groups who advocated to keep scooters contained solely within the furniture zone.
Disability rights advocates noted that some low-vision and vision-impaired travellers use the sides ofbuildings to help navigate sidewalks and that scooters pose a safety and tripping hazard when parked
outside of the furniture zone. Previous research suggests that scooters are just one sidewalk object that
may impede access among travellers with disabilities: objects such as restaurant sandwich boards andconstruction equipment can also pose unexpected obstacles and hazards for travellers with disabilities(Brown et al., 2020).
Most cities (78%) permit scooters to park at bike racks, although some, such as San Francisco, CA, requirethat 50% of rack space be left free for bikes; others, such as Atlanta, GA, permit scooters to park at publicbike racks but not within five feet (1.5 m) of bikeshare stations. Cities that allow scooters to park at bikeracks cited consistency across micromobility modes and a desire to limit public confusion about conflicting
policies for bikes and scooters. Cities that do not allow scooters to park at bike racks voiced concerns about
insufficient parking for bikes if bikes were forced to compete with scooters for rack space.
Sixty percent of cities allow scooters to park leaning against or locked-to poles or signs. Again, however,considerable regulatory nuance exists; cities such as Austin, TX, and Minneapolis, MN, for example, allow
scooters to lean against some poles, such as light posts, but not regulatory or informational signs.
Communicating to the public which posts scooters can lean against and which they cannot likely presents
challenges. If the goal is to ensure regulatory signs remain unobstructed easy to read, it is unclear if athree-foot tall scooter is any more likely to block information on a sign than it is to block light from a light
post. Nor does it seem that parking a scooter against one type of pole would be more likely to block
sidewalk access than another type.
A majority (62%) of cities allow scooters to park on vegetated or landscaped portions of the right-of-way,although multiple cities clarified that scooters may park on grassy areas but not landscaped areas withflowers or other plantings (Charlotte, NC; Indianapolis, IN; Washington, DC). In cities that do not allow

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scooters parked on any vegetated surface including grass (for example, some cities require scooters topark on “solid” surfaces (Dallas, TX)), staff cited concerns that scooters would tip over if parked on unevenor soft surfaces.
With numerous restrictions on where scooters can park, many cities have made concerted efforts toprovide additional designated parking for dockless micromobility vehicles—both scooters and bikes—on
streets and sidewalks. Designated parking ranges from painted sidewalk corrals to designated on-street
drop zones. Los Angeles, for example, experimented with sidewalk decals to direct users to docklessparking zones; while decals were fast and easy to deploy, they also proved less durable compared to paint.
City staff noted that they often coordinated with scooter companies to geofence designated corrals anddrop zones so that travellers could identify these spaces on apps in addition to on the street.
Less common parking regulations include requiring riders to take a photo of the parked scooter at the endof a trip (Indianapolis, IN; Omaha, NE) and not permitting scooters to park within a specified distance ofbridges or water features such as lakes or rivers (e.g., Austin, TX; Portland, OR).
Just three (8%) American cities currently require riders to lock parked scooters to a stationary object:
Chicago, Minneapolis, and San Francisco (although Washington, DC will add a lock-to requirement in
October 2021 and Portland, OR will prioritize companies offering integrated lock-to mechanisms during its
next permitting process). Cities cite ADA accessibility concerns and a need to keep sidewalks clear andscooters parked in an orderly manner as primary motivators for lock-to mandates; in some cities, lock-to
requirements are spurred by transportation staff, in others, they are required by city council. Some cities
view lock-to requirements as a way to ensure consistent parking behaviours across micromobility vehicles(scooters and bikes) and as a policy mechanism to fund new bike racks throughout the city. While San
Francisco, CA sees the lock-to system as a “key” programme feature and responsible for both a decline inparking violations and public complaints (SFMTA, 2019b, p. 2; NACTO, 2020), lock-to requirements do not,by default, prevent parking violations. Scooters may be locked to unpermitted infrastructure (e.g., parking
meters, light posts), or “free locked”—left free-standing unattached to a stationary object despite locking
capability. Indeed, research finds similarly low rates of scooters blocking sidewalk access in cities both withand without lock-to requirements (Brown et al., 2020), suggesting that lock-to requirements are not a
precondition for keeping sidewalks clear.
Some city staff say that they are able to manage scooter parking adequately without lock-to requirements
by providing additional scooter parking (e.g., painted corrals) and incentives (e.g., added cost for parking
outside of a corral or geofenced drop zone). Other cities without lock-to requirements cite challenges toprovide sufficient infrastructure—typically bike racks—to accommodate all parked scooters. Similar to city
concerns motivating bans against scooters parking at bike racks, some bicycle advocates oppose scooter
lock-to requirements fearing competition for existing bike rack capacity. In response to concerns fromcyclists, and to provide additional parking spaces for scooters, cities with lock-to requirements have sought
to install additional bike racks. In recent years, for example, San Francisco has installed more than 1 225
new bike racks paid for in large part by charging scooter operators USD 75 per vehicle.

Fleet requirements as parking management
Fleet requirements, including the number of operators and fleet sizes are regulatory tools that some cities
see as linked to parking management and enforcement. Most (55%) cities do not stipulate the number ofallowed operators in scooter regulations, and instead award licenses based on the quality of applications
received. Even where regulations do set the number of allowable operators, cities may issue fewer
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whether due to the contracting process or because individual companies exited the market. On averagecities issue permits to 2.8 mobility operators (range 1 to 8). Some city staff remarked that too many
operators or scooters can undermine enforcement efforts or limit city staff’s ability to build high-quality
relationships with each operator. Portland Bureau of Transportation echoed similar sentiments in theirlatest scooter report, recommending that the city permit between one and three operators in a longerterm programme to balance user choice with city management capacity (PBOT, 2020). Multiple cities
noted that fewer operators—in the range of two to four—allowed for more collaborative relationships
between city staff and operators, which helped align scooter operations and deployment with city goals
and regulations. Some staff mentioned that permitting at least two operators was ideal from both a system
redundancy perspective (in case an operator unexpectedly exited the market, as many did during
COVID-19 shutdowns) as well as to promote competitive prices for travellers as US cities do not currently
regulate scooter prices. More operators, however, may not necessarily yield additional public benefits ifthey provide similar services and therefore simply require travellers to juggle multiple apps.
All cities set fleet size limits, although sizes ranged widely (between 200 and 3 000 per operator dependingon the city). Many cities set minimum as well as maximum fleet sizes, and two-thirds (67%) included
performance-based fleet caps to increase or decrease maximum fleet sizes based on daily use.
While cities weigh staff capacity, local conditions and needs, and enforcement capabilities when setting
scooter fleet limits, research also shows no clear correlation in parking compliance across cities withdivergent numbers of permitted companies or fleet sizes (Brown et al., 2020).

Do scooters park improperly?
Public perceptions of scooter parking
Public perceptions and complaints about scooter parking largely echo the media narrative that scootersfrequently mis-park. City reporting suggests that the public is more likely to notice bad scooter
behaviours—including mis-parked scooters—than they are good behaviours (e.g., parking within thedesignated areas). Improper scooter parking also raises more complaints than improper riding behaviours
such as riding on the sidewalk (City of Santa Monica, 2019a). Responses from a 2019 public survey in Santa
Monica, CA showed that non-users believe, on average, that scooter users “never” to “sometimes” park
responsibly. Even habitual scooter riders rated scooter parking relatively poorly, saying that scooters were“sometimes” to “mostly” parked responsibly (City of Santa Monica, 2019a). While many scooter riders(about 70%) believe scooter users park and ride more responsibly today compared to a year ago, just 26%
of non-riders share this view (City of Santa Monica, 2019a; City of Atlanta, 2020).
Research from five international cities suggests that scooter users have an intuitive understanding thatscooters should not block access by other travellers: nearly all surveyed riders agreed that scooters shouldpark upright, not block a curb cut or door, and not park in the middle of the sidewalk. Correspondingly,
most riders (61%) said that caring “how my parking might affect other travellers” was the most importantfactor motivating their parking behaviour (Brown, Klein and Thigpen, 2021).

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However, riders’ intuitions about where to park may not align with city regulations; for example, a city may
prohibit parking next to a signpost, but a scooter parked there may not impede access by other travellers
and accordingly be viewed as appropriately parked by the public. Indeed, research suggests that manyscooter riders view scooters as mis-parked only when they impede others’ access; they are less likely to
see a scooter that does not clearly block access as a parking violation (Brown, Klein and Thigpen, 2021).

Observed scooter parking behaviours and citation rates
While the public narrative around scooter parking often focuses on mis-parking, observational researchshows that scooters impede access relatively infrequently. Figure 3 shows that on average across eight US
cities, 2.8% (between 0% and 8.1%) of scooters impeded other traveller access, meaning that they reduced
passable sidewalk below about 32 inches as required by the ADA (Brown et al., 2020). While even one misparked vehicle—of any mode—could impede access, fewer than three out of 100 parked scooters is far
from the cluttered narrative portrayed by media and feared by cities.
Figure 3. Share of scooters impeding access across eight US cities

Sources: Brown et al. (2020), Fang et al. (2018), James et al. (2019), Portland Bureau of Transportation (2018).

Cities are powerfully—and justly—motivated to ensure that all travellers enjoy unimpeded access to thecity rights-of-way. Yet as Figure 3 shows, scooters are only part of the story about access on city sidewalks
and streets; motor vehicles park improperly at far higher rates compared to scooters across observed
cities; Washington, DC offered the largest contrast between scooters and cars, with 0% of scooters parked
improperly and more than one-third (39%) of cars (Brown et al., 2020). Not pictured in Figure 3 arequotidian objects like restaurant sandwich boards, telephone poles, and construction equipment among
other things, that can also block sidewalk access (Brown et al., 2020). In other words, while scooters can
impede access, focusing only on scooters may miss a broader landscape of impedance and challenges for
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Aligning scooter regulations with city goals
How cities regulate scooters, including parking and dedicated space for micromobility vehicles, can go along way towards realising broader city goals such as sustainability and mobility. While scooter parking
regulations are an important piece, they should be just one element in a broader city agenda of reclaimingcity streets for people and promoting mobility and access by all.

Micromobility, macro goals
Many micromobility programmes themselves espouse broad city goals such as diversifying mobility
options, promoting public health and safety, and reducing emissions (see for example Santa Monica(2019b)). Scooter goals, however, are rarely issued in isolation. Instead, they often mirror concerted city
efforts to promote non-auto modes—including transit, walking, and micromobility—to realise a less car
dependent and more environmentally-conscious future. For years cities have sought to shift travel
behaviours through policies such as dynamically priced car parking (Millard-Ball, Weinberger andHampshire, 2014), free transit (see for example Keblowski (2020)), and sweeping zoning reforms and lower
parking requirements to encourage compact, mixed-use development. More recently cities have turnedto the street and sidewalk, two powerful city assets that can be programmed to support alternatives tocars and align public space with city priorities.
City programming of the street and sidewalk often begins where the two meet: at the curb. Curb
management policies frequently acknowledge micromobility—both travel lanes and parking for bikes andscooters—as potential uses for finite and valuable curb space. But these policies also reflect cities’
understanding that micromobility is just one option from a long menu of possible, and often competing,curb uses. Two US cities offer clear examples for how cities can integrate and prioritize micromobility at
the curb to reorient streets from prioritising cars to favouring more space-efficient modes. First, Seattle,
WA explicitly connects curb management with goals outlined in the City Comprehensive Plan including
moving people and goods. The city brands the curb as a “flex zone,” adaptable to local land uses and needs.
The city highlights curb space as essential to supporting modal plan priorities, including the reduction of
single occupancy vehicles, and across land uses Seattle prioritises access for people and goods over storingvehicles in long-term parking (Seattle Department of Transportation, 2021). Second, San Francisco’s Curb
Management Strategy highlights that 90% of curbs currently provide parking for cars, and that “thisoutdated curb allocation is increasingly at odds with San Francisco’s current transportation landscape”(SFMTA, 2019a, p. 16). Instead, like Seattle, San Francisco now recommends implementing varied curb use
priorities depending on adjacent land uses prioritising to movement and access by people; the city
explicitly identifies both micromobility travel lanes and parking as fulfilling these latter priorities (SFMTA,
2019a).

Prioritising street and sidewalk space
In many ways, current scooter regulations pit scooters against pedestrians, each vying for a place on city
streets and sidewalks. This tension, however, fails to recognize that on most US city streets, sidewalks
make up only a small fraction of the public right-of-way that can be programmed to meet city goals. In
other words, scooters and pedestrians are fighting over crumbs when they should be eyeing the whole

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cake. To realise broad goals of sustainability and mobility, cities should look beyond the curb and consider
how street space, too, can be part of the solution to promote sustainability, mobility, and a safely
accessible city for all.
Scooters and other micromobility vehicles provide car-alternatives and scooter user surveys show thatbetween one-third and one-half of scooter trips replace private cars or ride-hailing, although the exact
share depends on context and quality of other modes (City of Santa Monica, 2019b; City of Atlanta, 2020;
PBOT, 2020). This then raises the question, how can cities encourage more people to get out of their carsand onto more space-efficient and lower-emitting micromobility vehicles?
Cities can support micromobility travel by investing in supportive infrastructure. While micromobility
vehicles comprise a growing share of vehicles on the street, little formal space is dedicated to their parking
or use; Brown et al. (2020) find that across five US cities, bikes and scooters accounted for about onequarter (24.7%) of vehicles despite limited parking infrastructure. In line with curb management strategies,
cities can reallocate street space to dedicated micromobility travel lanes and parking. Research repeatedly
finds that people feel more comfortable actively traveling when protected infrastructure like buffered bikelanes separate them from higher-speed car traffic (Buehler and Dill, 2016). Scooter parking can be used intandem with dockless bikeshare and research suggests that a single converted car parking space can store
up to 12 micromobility vehicles (Litman, 2013). Another way for cities to consider reorienting their curb
space is in terms of how many people use each foot of the curb: 80 feet of curb can serve five people infour private cars, 32 shared bikes, or 63 people in a bus (SFMTA, 2019a). Such a comparison reinforces
direct implications of policy on broader city objectives to move people; it also highlights the existing
inequities of reserving curb space for few while limiting use for more efficient modes, which aredisproportionately used by low-income travellers (NHTS, 2017). The 2021 Transportation for America
Shared Mobility Playbook provides examples of dedicated micromobility parking corrals and drop zones
from different US cities (Transportation For America, 2021).
Demarcated street and sidewalk scooter parking can also help cities manage their scooter fleets. In
interviews, city staff noted the importance of communicating designated scooter parking both throughon-the-ground signage and via in-app geofencing. The latter can be particularly useful for travellers
unfamiliar with the area or who may be just out of sight or around the corner from a dedicated parking
zone. Evidence from a number of cities also suggests that, when provided, users do park at designatedmicromobility parking corrals and infrastructure; more than one-third of observed micromobility vehicles
were parked at bike racks or scooter corrals across five cities (Brown et al., 2020). Surveys of internationalscooter users also suggests that some scooter users mis-park because they cannot find micromobility
parking or this parking is too far away from their final destination (Brown, Klein and Thigpen, 2021);
providing additional designated spaces may ameliorate both of these concerns. Finally, designated parking
can be implemented in conjunction with other parking-supportive policies. Some cities require operators
to deploy scooters directly to designated parking zones as part of both a parking management anddistribution operations. And a number of micromobility companies use fee-based incentive structures toencourage people to park within designated zones, by providing small rebates for parking within adesignated parking zone. For example, Lyft operates scooters in Santa Monica, CA, and provides the option
to “Earn $ with Preferred Parking”, directing riders in-app to “Please park your scooter in a painted box on
the sidewalk”. The app directs riders to geofenced zones, highlighted in green on the Lyft app.
Strategic additions of designated micromobility parking spaces could advance broader city goals. For
example, removing street corner parking spaces and replacing these spaces with scooter corrals or racks
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to create additional space for micromobility parking, which would not only add to the parking supply but
also slow vehicle traffic and reduce crossing distances for pedestrians.

Access for all
City streets and sidewalks should be accessible by all. Access means both being able to travel safely—suchas using designated and separated travel infrastructure as discussed above—and freely without being
blocked by other objects or travellers. Scooters are certainly part of this objective. City scooter parking
regulations aim to ensure safety and accessibility by all travellers. Yet research suggests that not all parking
regulations may be equally important to achieving this goal. Fleet sizes and the number of operators may
have very real effects on city staffing capacity and city-operator relationship building, but have no link toobserved rates of scooter mis-parking; in a study of five US cities, Austin, TX, which had the largest scooter
fleet, had the second-lowest rate of mis-parking (0.6%) (Brown et al., 2020). Similarly, cities achieve very
low-rates of scooter mis-parking with and without lock-to requirements, suggesting that lock-to
alternatives such as incentives and/or providing additional parking can deliver similar results (Brown et al.,2020). Most scooter users accurately identify mis-parked vehicles that impede access, and state that when
they do mis-park it is due to confusion over parking regulations or a lack of available parking (Brown, Klein
and Thigpen, 2021); cities can capitalise on both the impulses to park properly and identified need for
additional parking locations by providing more designated micromobility parking, a move that would alsoalign with broader city goals of providing access and movement to people. At the same time, it will remain
critical for cities to continue to enforce regulations that do guarantee unimpeded travel by others, such as
the timely removal of scooters that are blocking crosswalks, curb ramps, and crosswalk push buttons,
which are universally prohibited by current US scooter regulations. Regulations could be extended toconsider additional needs by travellers with disabilities and vision impairments, including prohibiting
parking on tactile pavers. Conversations with disability groups also suggest that more cities should consider
prohibiting parking next to buildings given their role in helping vision-impaired travellers navigate
sidewalks.
Efforts to ensure that scooters do not block access by other travellers are important, and cities should
regulate scooters within a broader agenda of promoting access by all travellers. Three percent of scooters
impede access on average (Brown et al., 2020), but they are far from the only impediment that active
travellers face. Sidewalk users must also routinely navigate restaurant sandwich boards, construction
equipment, advertisements, and other objects; research finds that a similar share of objects impede access(2%) compared to scooters (3%). Ensuring that sidewalks remain free of all obstructions, including but notlimited to scooters, can help ensure more predictable and safe travel for sidewalk users.
In addition to objects blocking travellers’ ways, cities should consider how the state of sidewalks
themselves may inhibit access. Although US courts have ruled that sidewalks must be kept clear and wellmaintained to ensure accessibility under the ADA, informal car parking and broken sidewalks commonly
bar access (Shoup, 2010, 2015). Both sidewalk quality and curb cuts (or lack thereof) can effectively stymie
access for travellers, particularly travellers with mobility devices like wheelchairs or walkers for whom a
six-inch curb or broken sidewalk cannot be circumvented or require travellers to divert into the street(Peterson, 2015). Because US cities must only provide curb cuts and ramps when streets are resurfaced,some sidewalks remain entirely inaccessible to travellers with mobility devices (USDOT, 2013). In other
cities or neighbourhoods, the sidewalk network may be incomplete or patchwork. Concerted city efforts
to invest in high-quality accessible sidewalks is an important step towards universal access and to promote
active travel (Thornton et al., 2016; Gharebaghi et al., 2018).

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If cities regulate scooters with the ultimate aim of luring people out of cars into safe and appealing
alternatives, they should also consider how cars impede access for both scooters and bikes. Research findsthat 23% of cars mis-park in studied commercial districts; the majority (68%) of these violations are short—less than five minutes—but their effect can be to divert scooters and bikes from the relative safety of bikelanes into general traffic lanes (Brown et al., 2020). Studies from other locations find similar rates of misand double-parking for ride-hail vehicles that often lack designated loading spaces (Lu, 2018). Cities
seeking to promote space-efficient modes should therefore seek to enforce not only how micromobility
can block pedestrian travel, but also how cars can obstruct bike, scooter, and pedestrian travel by blocking
bike lanes or parking across sidewalks. Cities could test how designated short-term loading spaces may
provide alternatives for vehicles delivering goods and people so that they are not tempted to block a bikelane. Because parking behaviours and travel behaviours may vary block-by-block or even by time of day,cities may also consider adopting dynamic parking practices that either vary curb priorities by land use(SFMTA, 2019a; Seattle Department of Transportation, 2021), time of day, or even allowing delivery
companies to reserve spaces ahead of time (Shaver, 2019).
Ensuring universal access to city streets and sidewalks can support broad city aims. While scooter parking
regulations are an important piece of ensuring access, they should be just one element in a broader city
agenda of reclaiming city streets for people and promoting mobility, sustainability, and access by all.

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Annex A. City-based scooter regulations
Table A1. Scooter regulations in 37 US cities, fleet caps and operators
City
Population
2019

Fleet cap
(yes/no)Dynamic or
Number of permitted
performance- scooters (fleet or per
based cap
operator)1(yes/no)Regulated
limit onnumber ofoperators(yes/no)Number of
permitted
operators

Arlington, VA

yes

no

2 000 (fleet)yes

4Atlanta, GA

yes

yes

500 (operator)

yes

4Austin, TX

yes

yes

500 (operator)no-

Baltimore, MD

yes

no

1 000 (operator)

yes4Charlotte, NC

yes

yes

400 (operator)

no-

Chicago, IL

yes

no

3 333 (operator)

yes

3

Cincinnati, OH

yes

no

200 (operator)

no-

Cleveland, OH

yes

no

Minimum 100 (operator)yes

4Columbus, OH

yes

no

500 (operator)

no-

Culver City, CA

yes

yes

50 - 200 (operator)yes

2Dallas, TX

yes

no

500 (operator)no-Denver, CO

yes

no

250 (operator)

yes

5

Detroit, MI

yes

no

400 (operator)no-

Indianapolis, IN

yes

yes

1 000 (operator)yes6Long Beach, CA

yes

yes

500 – 1 000 (operator)

yes

6

Los Angeles, CA

yes

yes

500 – 3 000 (operator)no-Louisville, KY

yes

yes

150 – 1 050 (operator)yes

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yes

no

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Miami, FL

yes

yes

100 (operator)

yes

9

Milwaukee, WI

yes

yes

350 - 750 (operator)no-

Minneapolis, MN

yes

yes

2 500 (fleet)no-Nashville, TN

yes

yes

500 (operator)no-

Oakland, CA

yes

yes

Case by case (operator)

yes

4

Oklahoma City, OK

yes

yes

75 - 250 (operator)no-

Omaha, NEyesno

750 (operator)

yes

3

Phoenix, AZ

yes

yes

300 - 900 (operator)no-Portland, OR

yes

yes

250 – 1 250 (operator)no-

Sacramento, CA

yes

yes

250 – 1 000 (operator)

no-Salt Lake City, UT

-

-

-

-

-

San Francisco, CA

yes

yes

1 000 (operator)no-

San Jose, CA

yes

yes

50 – 1 000 (operator)yes

3Santa Monica, CA

yes

yes

2 500 (fleet)

yes

4

yes

yes

Minimum 2 000(operator)

yes

Seattle, WA

1

3

St. Louis, MO

yes

yes

500 - 750 (operator)no-

Tallahassee, FL

yes

no

200 – 750 (operator)no-

Tulsa, OK

yes

yes

50 - 400 (operator)no-

Washington, DC

yes

yes

400 per ward (operator)no-Ranges indicates minimums and maximum operators are permitted to deploy.

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Table A2. Scooter regulations in 37 US cities, parking1
Lock-torequirement In furniture(yes/no)zones or at
the curb(yes/no)Next tobuildings
At bikeor back
racks
edge of(yes/no)sidewalk(yes/no)Tippedover
allowed(yes/no)On
MarkedAgainst sign
vegetation parking
or light or&boxes orutility poles
landscaping corrals(yes/no)(yes/no)(yes/no)Arlington, VA

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

no2

yes

Atlanta, GA

no

yes

yes3

yes

no

yes

no

yes

Austin, TX

no

yes

yes

yes

-

yes4

yes

yes

Baltimore, MD

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Charlotte, NC

no

yes

no

yes

no

yes

yes5

yes

Chicago, IL

yes

yes

yes

no

no

no

yes

yes

Cincinnati, OH

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Cleveland, OH

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Columbus, OH

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Culver City, CA

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Dallas, TX

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

no

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes
(required)

Detroit, MI

no

yes

no

yes

no

no

no

yes

Indianapolis, IN

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes5

yes

Long Beach, CA

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Los Angeles, CA

no

yes

yes

no

no

no

no

yes

Louisville, KY

no

yes

no

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Memphis, TN

no

yes

yes

yes6

no

no

yes

yes

Miami, FL

no

yes

no

yes6

no

no

no

yes

Milwaukee, WI

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Minneapolis, MN

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes7

no

yes

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Nashville, TN

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Oakland, CA

no

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

yes

Oklahoma City, OK no

yes

yes

yes

-

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

no

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

yes
(required)

no8

yes

no9

no

-

no

no

yes

no

no

yes
no
(required)

no

no

no

yes
(required)Salt Lake City, UT

no

yes

no

no

-

no

yes

yes

San Francisco, CA

yes

yes

yes10

no

no

no

no

yes

San Jose, CA

no

yes

yes

yes

no

no

no

yes

Santa Monica, CA

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Seattle, WA

no

yes

yes

no

no

no

yes

yes

St. Louis, MO

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Tallahassee, FL

no

yes

yes

yes

-

yes

no

yes

Tulsa, OK

no

yes

yes

no

no

no

no

yes

Washington, DC

no11

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes5

yes

Omaha, NE
Phoenix, AZ
Portland, OR
Sacramento, CA

Note: 1“-“ in table indicates the parking behaviour or position is not specified in regulation. 2Unless specificallydesignated by sign. 3May not park at or within 5 feet of bikeshare station. 4May not park at a regulatory or
informational sign. 5May park in green zone (e.g., grassy area, grassplot) next to sidewalk, but not if landscaped.
6
May not park next to commercial windows or window displays. 7May only park against signposts. 8Will favour
companies offering integrated lock-to capabilities during future permitted processes. 9Unless scooter includes alock-to mechanism that requires fastening to a bike rack. 10Shared mobility devices may only use up to 50% of
bike rack space. 11Washington, DC will be introducing a lock-to requirement in October 2021.
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TITIVBUCORELI_CH905SHMOOPCity of Nashville, Substitute Ordinance No. BL2018-1202,
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Scooters Are Here,
But Where Do They Go?
This paper examines how 37 US cities regulate scooter parking. It
analyses rates of improper scooter parking and discusses how cities
can employ scooter regulations, in conjunction with other policies, torealise broader goals such as promoting sustainability and mobility.

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