News & Events

NYC DOT Announces Arrival and Activation Today of E-Scooter Share in Eastern Queens

Successful, Equitable, and Environmentally-Friendly Transportation Option Launches Today in Parts of the Borough Known As 'Transit Deserts'

As the Program Rolls Out, Participating Companies Will Be Conducting Daily On-Street Outreach for the First Three Weeks of the Program

NYC DOT ANNOUNCES TIMELINE FOR ARRIVAL OF E-SCOOTER SHARE IN EASTERN QUEENS THIS SUMMER

Expansion will build on the success of scooter share in the Bronx, which promoted equity and environmentally-friendly transportation options in ‘transit deserts’ not reached by subways 

With continued community engagement, Queens installation will begin this spring, with an anticipated late-June official launch

NYC DOT Announces Queens Expansion of E-Scooter Sharing Program

New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced the city's popular Bronx e-scooter share program will move beyond its pilot phase and that service will expand to eastern Queens in 2024 to improve residents' mobility and transit connections. Since the launch of the pilot in the East Bronx in August 2021, New Yorkers have recorded over two million trips among 115,470 unique user accounts.

E-Scooter Bronx Pilot Report

Click here to read the results of the East Bronx Shared E-Scooter Pilot, published November 2022. 

NYC Shared E-Scooter Pilot celebrates its one year anniversary!

NYC DOT launched the Shared E-Scooter Pilot on August 17^th, 2021. We were evaluating the transportation utility of shared e-scooters in New York City and monitoring shared e-scooter operators’ ability to provide a safe, affordable, and well-maintained transportation option for New Yorkers while complying with local requirements and regulations.

As of the anniversary of the program (August 12^th, 2022), these stats were collected about the first year: