Overland Park is looking to start another pilot program with a new vendor to bring electric scooters and bikes to the city. During a recent Overland Park City Council Public Works Committee meeting, city staff and councilmembers discussed a potential path forward to continue to offer the devices now that scooter company Bird has left. Previously, the city had a two-year agreement with Bird to offer pay-to-ride electric bikes and scooters through the end of November. But the company removed all of its devices from the city by August, citing staffing woes. That move unofficially ended the pilot program with the company a few months earlier than expected. Since then, communication with the company has been spotty, Brian Shields, Overland Park’s traffic engineer said at a recent Community Development Committee meeting. Olathe city officials told the Post that its fleet of Bird scooters was removed, too.
Source: Prairie Village Post
