As a rental company announced plans to put 500 electric scooters on Wichita streets, the City Council delayed allowing that while it tries to allay the concerns of scooter commuters.
Zagster, the company that provides the rental bikes to Bike Share ICT, and its partner, Spin, had expected to have the e-scooters on the streets of central Wichita by the end of this month.
They announced they would deploy the scooters as soon as the city finalizes an ordinance setting rules for their use. But that deployment, and hiring for 30 part-time jobs, is now on hold.
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