“Dear PoPville,
Scooters are taking up all the bike rack space right in front of a Oyster Adams DC Public School? This is getting worse week by week and we aren’t sure who to report this to. Thanks!!”
“Dear PoPville,
Wondering if anyone has any information on what sounds like car alarms on electric scooters. Around 14th and U they are constant, and last for varying amounts of time. Is it a specific brand of scooter? What sets off the alarms? Does anyone know how to shut them off? Any information is appreciated! Thanks!”
“Dear PoPville,
SPIN scooters have been piling up in front of our building all week. They’re locked to the signs, they’re locked all along our fence. Their weird alarms go off at all hours. I tried submitting a photo to SPIN customer service asking for them to be re-distributed but so far no response. Read More
Thanks to Kian for sending: “It’s a little hard to see but the cement people obviously didn’t want to unlock and move this scooter…”
And thanks to Lisa for sharing this great shot of a scooter towing a Frenchie: Read More
photo by Diane Krauthamer
“Dear PoPville,
Sunday evening (7/3) I was riding a scooter at 14th and W St, NW when I was hit by a cab and went face over. Three women stopped and saw I was bleeding from the head. Read More
Thanks to Adam for sharing from Adams Morgan: “I get the whole having to lock up scooters thing in DC, but someone seriously had to lock their scooter to my car?!
Scrapped up and dented the side of it too.”
“Dear PoPville,
Over the weekend my husband was doing some yard work and he saw a hipster kid (young adult) on a scooter stopped in front of our house. He opened his backpack pulled out a ketchup bottle and started spraying our neighbor’s car with what looked like watered-down ketchup. My husband yelled at the person and he wasn’t scared off until my husband started approaching him. This all happened in broad daylight.
My neighbor has lived in Trinidad for 70 years and runs a hauling business. Read More
Thanks to I. for sending from Dupont: “They weren’t going anywhere fast, but they were going.”
courtesy Bird
From a press release:
“Bird also announced it secured approval to scale its e-scooter fleet in Washington, D.C., by more than 20% to provide residents and visitors with an eco-friendly personal transportation option. With the price of gas in D.C. recently reaching an all-time high, Bird has seen daily average ridership in Washington, D.C., increase nearly 48% in March compared to February.”
Ed. Note: In real numbers this translates to Bird having 1,970 scooters total in D.C. and the additional scooters will be deployed later this week.