Wichita now has 1,000 electric scooters to rent as new option arrives

There’s a new scooter in town. Or more accurately, about 500 new scooters in town.

Chicago-based VeoRide rolled out 500 of its scooters onto Wichita’s streets this week, bringing the number of electric rental scooters based here to about 1,000.

Boston-based Zagster rolled out its local fleet of 500 Spin scooters almost exactly a month ago, getting the jump on the Wichita market.

(Read more: Wichita Eagle)