Try Electric Scooters

"...is too impractical, may I recommend investing in an electric scooter? They are free from noise and air pollution..."

July 18, 2006 Postmarks

New Study Shows How Scooters Can Hurt

City works with CDC to analyze injuries to riders; Lege weighs in

"...A study commissioned by Austin Public Health in conjunction..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New Data and Rules for Dockless Scooters

Open data on 2 million dockless trips, plus new rules for riding on trails

"...It's been a big news week for electric scooters. UT baseball star David Hamilton had his 2019..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Scooters Flock Back, More Sustainable Than Ever

Post-pandemic, city and firms seek greater impact, resilience

"...the post-COVID world, usage of micromobility vehicles, including shared scooters and electric bikes, has shot up. While that might..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Solving Georgian Acres' Mobility Problem With Buses, Bikes, and Scooters

Solar-powered mobility hub planned for "transit desert"

"...Georgian Acres that aims to offer a bikeshare system, e-scooters, and circulator buses. A shelter with a solar-paneled roof..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

What Are the "Next Normals" for Scooters in Austin

The pandemic takes on personal mobility

"...and it felt like there were about eleventy jillion scooters on Austin's streets? You all remember what happened next,..."

July 10, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Ready to Wrangle Scooters

Permanent "dockless mobility" rules ready for public comment

"...the dockless mobility sector – including bikes, e-bikes, and scooters – has been operating in Austin under emergency rules..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Scooters Are Not for Crimes

Scooter and cellphone data lead to Austin teen’s arrest for bank robbery

"...after fleeing the scene of the heist on an electric scooter. Not immediately, though; it took Austin Police investigators..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Gives Green Light to Convention Center, Scooter Riders

May 23 meeting tackles "Downtown puzzle," "micro-mobility"

"...and new regulations on “micro-mobility devices” – such as electric scooters...."

May 24, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: What Sparked Joy at SXSW Music

Marie Kondo-ing my Festival experience, with scooters and shooters in the giveaway pile

"...Buddhist Miya Folick for the first time. Trash Fire: Electric Scooters..."

March 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

"Best of" Scooter Outrage

We asked our readers what they think about scooters. They had words.

"...all go back to a common cause: hating on scooters...."

Nov. 7, 2018 Chronolog Post by Kimberley Jones

Fungus Remains Defiant

"...Dear Editor, Within a year, for-profit electric scooters have spread across Austin like a fungus, clogging..."

March 29, 2019 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: America’s 40th-Best City

Because Ted Cruz is the Rat King

"...Austin's traffic congestion problems got solved when thousands of electric scooters appeared miraculously on nearly every usable pedestrian thoroughfare..."

July 28, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Council: I Get Around

On Birds, byways, and bridges

"...Amid our own municipal affair with electric scooters, it's easy to forget that a dusting of..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: The Bird Is the Word

Rollin' into City Council, invited or not

"...current impasse with Bird, a California-based app that rents electric scooters for public use and bills itself as a..."

April 13, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...would switch from car to bicycle! There are good electric bicycles now, and even electric tricycles with sun canopies...."

July 21, 2006 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Damn Scooters: Austin has implemented a raft of new restrictions on..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature

The Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018

Days like these

"...performance during the crisis. – Nina Hernandez APRIL 5: Bird scooters appear in Austin, without a go-ahead from the city..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...County Expo Center. 5606 E. 51st, 926-5100. gear Alien Scooters Instead of “No shoes, no shirt, no service,” the..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Council: At War on Two Wheels

More scooters, a possible interim deal with the APA, and more from City Hall

"...Depart­ment didn't have enough on its hands with an electric scooter app flouting its dockless mobility pilot schedule, this..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Plugging In to Austin's Future

The cars of the future are here

"...was offering test drives for several of the alternative-fuel, electric, and hybrid rides on display, I joked that I..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

An End to Pot Prosecutions?

Council considers resolution to effectively decriminalize low-level possession

"...immediate action on the baffling trend of people dumping electric scooters into the city's waterways. Another environmental Item, this..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines

"...the first scooter-related death in Austin since the now-ubiquitous electric scooters hit streets in spring of last year...."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature

Five Austin Activities for the Whole Family

Got a house full of guests this holiday? Here’s how to entertain ’em.

"...Austin B-cycle station or grab one of those damn electric scooters off the sidewalk and zip your way through..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...sponsored the SolarPump – a fun solar-charging station for electric scooters. Part petro-retro – it adaptively reuses an iconic..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: Republic of Texas Rally

Congress Avenue, Thursday, May 31, 2007

"...of people have met their maker on mopeds and electric scooters … and their maker wasn’t surprised at all...."

June 1, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Public Notice

Go Granny Go!

"...program makes power and manual wheelchairs, three- and four-wheeled electric scooters, walkers, canes and other medical items available for..."

July 4, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Boot Scootin'

"...need to be ticketed for violations and place the scooters out of main pathways. I’ve been called stupid and..."

Dec. 11, 2018 Postmarks

Public Notice: Priest Walks Into a Bar …

Armadillo Art Squad dean Micael Priest dead at 66

"...Drive Electric Day is a free event celebrating National Drive Electric..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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