Shared Micromobility Pilot

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About Micromobility in Grand Junction

Starting on May 16, 2023, the City launched an 18-month pilot for community members to access shared e-scooters, which can be rented via a smartphone app. Community members will be able to rent these shared micromobility devices during the pilot to navigate around the City. The groundwork for the pilot began in June 2022 with community listening sessions and a City Council public hearing to gather feedback from community members about interest in shared micromobility devices. The City proceeded with a Request for Proposals (RFP), leading to a Pilot Agreement for Bird and Lime each to operate a fleet of e-scooters within a Pilot Area inside City limits. The Pilot Area extends from 24 Rd to 28 1/2 Rd alignment and from I-70/Horizon Drive to the Fairgrounds on Orchard Mesa - see the blue outline boundary on the map in our document widget or on the interactive map, where you can also view the operating zones.

You can hear more about the Shared Micromobility Pilot below:


Now What?

Our Engage GJ Micromobility project page will be live throughout the duration of the pilot to allow community members to provide input on their experience with the e-scooters. Use the interactive map to add a pin where you felt good about traveling on an e-scooter or answer our survey about your most recent ride. Would e-scooters be a good way to get to work or to access recreation, shopping, or dining in downtown Grand Junction or the Horizon Drive area?

This pilot study is designed to evaluate options for residents to get from one place to another in our City. This pilot study aims to assess the performance of evolving transportation modes and monitor and regulate the private operation of shared micromobility, and e-scooters, in the City.

The shared micromobility team has made a number of pivots to improve the safety and ease of e-scooter operations in the city:

Scooters were perceived as...So, we have...
...dangerous due to speedy sidewalk riding downtown....temporarily increased "Walk your wheels" signage downtown and are evaluating permanent stenciled sidewalk markings.
...activated in-app reminders, in addition to permanent stickers on each device, remidning riders not to ride on sidewalks.
...implemented overlays on Main St and Colorado Ave to inhibit sidewalk riding.
...occupying too much on-street parking....relocated parking corrals to buffer zones, with only six (under 1/5) remaining in vehicular parking stalls.
...visually cluttering the streets downtown....expanded parking options to better disperse the fleet within the pilot boundary, enhancing visual "order."
...frivolous or not worth the rental fees....analyzed quantitative trip data to demonstrate that many of the riders are taking trips which would likely have otherwise happened in a motor vehicle.


If you ride an e-scooter to downtown, CMU, Lincoln Park, Canyon View Park, or Las Colonias Park, please find a designated parking corral to end your ride!


Have a concern or issue with a scooter?

Please contact the operator via its app or the contact information here:

Vendor ContactBirdLime
Phone:1-866-205-24421-888-LIME-345
Email:hello@bird.cosupport@li.me
Website:www.bird.cowww.li.me

About Micromobility in Grand Junction

Starting on May 16, 2023, the City launched an 18-month pilot for community members to access shared e-scooters, which can be rented via a smartphone app. Community members will be able to rent these shared micromobility devices during the pilot to navigate around the City. The groundwork for the pilot began in June 2022 with community listening sessions and a City Council public hearing to gather feedback from community members about interest in shared micromobility devices. The City proceeded with a Request for Proposals (RFP), leading to a Pilot Agreement for Bird and Lime each to operate a fleet of e-scooters within a Pilot Area inside City limits. The Pilot Area extends from 24 Rd to 28 1/2 Rd alignment and from I-70/Horizon Drive to the Fairgrounds on Orchard Mesa - see the blue outline boundary on the map in our document widget or on the interactive map, where you can also view the operating zones.

You can hear more about the Shared Micromobility Pilot below:


Now What?

Our Engage GJ Micromobility project page will be live throughout the duration of the pilot to allow community members to provide input on their experience with the e-scooters. Use the interactive map to add a pin where you felt good about traveling on an e-scooter or answer our survey about your most recent ride. Would e-scooters be a good way to get to work or to access recreation, shopping, or dining in downtown Grand Junction or the Horizon Drive area?

This pilot study is designed to evaluate options for residents to get from one place to another in our City. This pilot study aims to assess the performance of evolving transportation modes and monitor and regulate the private operation of shared micromobility, and e-scooters, in the City.

The shared micromobility team has made a number of pivots to improve the safety and ease of e-scooter operations in the city:

Scooters were perceived as...So, we have...
...dangerous due to speedy sidewalk riding downtown....temporarily increased "Walk your wheels" signage downtown and are evaluating permanent stenciled sidewalk markings.
...activated in-app reminders, in addition to permanent stickers on each device, remidning riders not to ride on sidewalks.
...implemented overlays on Main St and Colorado Ave to inhibit sidewalk riding.
...occupying too much on-street parking....relocated parking corrals to buffer zones, with only six (under 1/5) remaining in vehicular parking stalls.
...visually cluttering the streets downtown....expanded parking options to better disperse the fleet within the pilot boundary, enhancing visual "order."
...frivolous or not worth the rental fees....analyzed quantitative trip data to demonstrate that many of the riders are taking trips which would likely have otherwise happened in a motor vehicle.


If you ride an e-scooter to downtown, CMU, Lincoln Park, Canyon View Park, or Las Colonias Park, please find a designated parking corral to end your ride!


Have a concern or issue with a scooter?

Please contact the operator via its app or the contact information here:

Vendor ContactBirdLime
Phone:1-866-205-24421-888-LIME-345
Email:hello@bird.cosupport@li.me
Website:www.bird.cowww.li.me

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    City cares more about looking “green” than the actual residents

    by Arryn, 5 months ago
    The people who freelancers/vendors who charge and distribute scooters are disrespectful. They intentionally put it in yards without permission, or directly in the middle of the sidewalk. Pedestrians, just to use the sidewalk, are having to move them because they are blocking access. Glad to know the city cares more about the appearance of alternative transportation options and the disrespectful “entrepreneurs” who litter these in peoples yards than the citizens this program inevitably disrespects. Reporting unwanted/littered scooters to the app doesn’t do anything, even if the link actually works long enough to submit.
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    by redhouselady, 6 months ago
    I live on a major downtown street that has lined bike lanes in both directions which are rarely used by the scooters. Instead they come flying down the sidewalks rarely looking anywhere but straight ahead and often with earbuds blocking anyone even trying to say something to them. It is terrifying for an elderly resident who uses a walking stick to try and do yard work in their front yard or on parkway because they are suddenly just upon you as you backup or turn around as there is no noise to warn one. I've had several scooters just dumped... Continue reading
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    Trashy look and chaotic riders. End the program.

    by NaKo, 8 months ago

    I live in the downtown area and absolutely hate the scooter program. Please terminate it.

    It's not uncommon to wake up to a nice weekend morning with a pile of scooters littered about in front of my downtown residence. It's a trashy look and I don't want that as my morning view. They have even been left in my yard. It's just a generally trashy look for the entire downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods.


    Additionally, the users often do not have any respect for traffic laws or pedestrians. As someone who drives and walks a lot in the downtown region... Continue reading

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    by grahamprkr, 10 months ago
    Hello,

    Everyday as I drive through my neighborhood and around the city, I see scooter litter everywhere. The Lime scooters are dumped in parks, in our neighborhood, on sidewalks and in many other places where they sit for weeks before someone comes and picks them up or uses them. I know it's purely anecdotal, but very rarely do I see anyone actually use these scooters. This micromobilty program is not providing any service to the community, as everyone has a car or other public transport, and then the scooters simply make our town look even trashier. Please end this program.

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    Storage of scooters

    by Timhib, about 1 year ago
    I do not enjoy the amount of scooters that get placed on the sidewalks in the town. This town already struggles with making things handicapped accessible and now we park them on the sidewalk? Or should they be parked on the street?
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    What a mess!

    by Schaffer970, over 1 year ago
    This has become an eyesore throughout the community. Scooters are being left everywhere. I am hard pressed to believe that there is much of a need for these scooters other than joy riding.


    Recently visited several European cities. Guide's uniformly complain and apologize for the mess scooters have created. It is clear that little investigation was done before letting this mess in Grand Junction.

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    Require parking corrals

    by krnephew, over 1 year ago

    This photo is typical of what those of us living downtown are experiencing outside of the area that "requires" scooters to be parked in a parking corral. In my opinion, if the scooters are to continue, all areas should require parking in corrals.

    By only taking usage into account when commenting on the success of the program for news article, it seems like the mayor is invested in keeping the program around.



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    by JG, over 1 year ago

    Whoever in the city council who thought scooter rental was a good idea, needs to get out of town more. If they had traveled to any major city within the last 5 or so years they would have seen what a mess these scooters really are. They litter the streets and sidewalks in every city have been to. It really makes the cities look trashy.

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    Terrible

    by Amybald1, over 1 year ago
    There needs to be some accountability where the folks who choose to ride these understand and abide by the same rules that cars abide by. I have had 2 close run ins in 2 days with people (in this case 2 males) riding after dark and have run lights right in front of me. I nearly hit one of them and when he passed me I informed him he ran a red light, to which he yelled "I don't give a !@#$"... yet it would be MY fault if I hit him? They were buzzing EVERYWHERE downtown this weekend with... Continue reading
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    This is a solution looking for a problem

    by lwilson, over 1 year ago
    What a mess. Poorly thought out and poorly managed project. As Henry Brown is well aware, not everyone thinks this is great. Two scooters lying in the middle of 26 1/2 Road near H Road. Just dumped there. I called him and he refused to call the company responsible for picking them up. He told me that I, as a citizen who had NO involvement in riding or dumping scooters on the road far outside downtown, was expected to stop my car, get out of my car, scan some QR code on the abandoned scooters, call the phone number listed... Continue reading
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