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Scooter Regulations Coming to Los Angeles

Companies limited to 3,000 scooters each. 

By Sam Catanzaro

The Westside of Los Angeles, from Venice to Brentwood, is crawling with e-scooters but under new laws passed by the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, this may all soon change. 

The motion passed the by Los Angeles City Council with a 13-0 vote on Tuesday, August 4 will limit scooter companies to 3,000 devices each within the City. Companies may add 2,500 devices in disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles and an additional 5,000 devices in disadvantaged communities in the San Fernando Valley. These numbers are not set in stone, however, as the Council requested the Department of Transportation to report back on the optimal number of scooters needed to fulfill riders’ needs while avoiding overcrowding.

“It’s important for us, if we’re going to address the traffic issue in our city, we need to embrace traffic solutions and live in a multi-modal city,” said City Councilmember Joe Buscaino at a press conference outside Los Angeles City Hall alongside officials from Bird, before the Council’s vote. Buscaino had proposed a 6,000 per company cap, but Council rejected this with a 4-9 vote.

In addition to the limits on the number of devices, the rules passed by the Council set a 15 miles per hour speed limit on scooters and e-bikes and requires companies to carry a $5 million liability insurance policy.

“The set of comprehensive and enforceable rules strike a balance between allowing dockless vehicles as a convenient, zero-emission form of short-trip transportation and holding dockless companies and users accountable for bad behavior,” wrote Councilmember Mike Bonin in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

Bonin represents much of West L.A. where scooters concentrations are often the greatest of anywhere in the City but under the 3,000 per company cap, these numbers may decrease. According to Bird, the company currently deploys 8,000 scooters throughout Los Angeles and estimates place the number of Lime scooters in a similar range.

Despite this potential for a reduced fleet size, Lime told Westside Today that they support the regulations passed by City Council.

“Lime welcomes the Los Angeles City Council’s approval earlier today of new regulations allowing companies to provide enhanced mobility options for the city’s residents,” a Lime spokesperson said. “In light of the council’s approval, Lime will obtain a conditional use permit to allow more of its affordable e-scooters and bikes to be available for local residents to use.”

At the present time, Bird has not responded for a request for comment.

The rules passed by the Council Tuesday do not limit the number of scooters that can apply to operate in the City but does set a 500 device minimum for any company wishing to deploy scooters or e-bikes. Companies are also required to work with local councils if requested to develop geo-fencing technology to prevent scooters from being misused on sidewalks and public right of ways.

Other provisions include a requirement that scooter companies will have to develop technology to make sure devices are parked upright. Scooter companies will also have to print a notice in at least a 48-point font informing riders that scooters are not permitted on the sidewalk.

There will be a 120-period in which the City will issue permits to companies followed by a one-year pilot period with the regulations in effect.

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