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E-scooters and e-bikes are making a come back May. 08, 2021 at 6:00 am Scooter: Use is rising. Courtesy image Bird might want to take on the phoenix as their official mascot because scooter companies are rising from the dead post-covid. After use plummeted during the pandemic, micromobility trips are rapidly rising prompting questions about whether more devices and companies will be allowed to enter the City. Shared mobility trips across the City have doubled since the start of the year, going from 44,799 trips in January to 88,023 trips in April. In popular areas like Downtown, numbers have ...

Delivery bots get green light to serve city Apr. 30, 2021 at 6:00 am Robot deliveries will be seen throughout town as soon as next month after Council voted to increase the operation area of delivery robots citywide. “If you remember, last summer, a company called COCO started operating remote-controlled, delivery robots for goods and food delivery services in the city. At the time, and still today, the City did not have a regulatory structure or a specific permit for these types of delivery services — be they autonomous remote-controlled,” Senior Transportation Planner Kyle Kozar said,...

Santa Monica Institutes 'Zero-Emissions Delivery Zone' A new pilot program in Santa Monica aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a testing ground for new technologies. March 9, 2021, 8am PST | Diana Ionescu | In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, the city of Santa Monica, in partnership with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), "have rolled out their one-mile zero-emissions delivery zone," which will "provide priority access to zero-emissions delivery vehicles, including electric vans, e-cargo scooters and remote-controlled small delivery...

Dive Brief: The City of Santa Monica, CA and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) have rolled out their one-mile zero-emissions delivery zone, which will support LACI's Transportation Electrification Partnership goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution an additional 25% by 2028.  The delivery zone will provide priority access to zero-emissions delivery vehicles, including electric vans, e-cargo scooters and remote-controlled small delivery bots, within certain loading zones.  Curb management company Automotus' technology will help monitor and analyze vehicle ...