Denver among first cities to launch Lime's newest vehicle option: LimeGlider
The vehicle is not quite a bike, and not a scooter. It features a larger padded seat with footrests instead of pedals. The gliders also have a front basket, a step-through frame and a lower center of gravity.
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On Wednesday, Lime announced that Denver would be one of the first cities where the LimeGliders would be launched after a pilot program in select cities in 2024. The company said the gliders are now available in Denver alongside the e-bikes and e-scooters. The company said that 10,000 more LimeGlider and LimeBikes will be launched in 'nearly a dozen cities across Europe and North America.'
Lime said interested people can be introduced to the new vehicle at the MyDenver Summer Kickoff on 16th Street on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. The company said it will be promoting safe riding and proper parking, and will also be giving out helmets.
The company said it anticipates hitting 17 million total rides on Lime vehicles in Denver in May, and said this secures Denver's place as one of Lime's top cities in the world.
'Those rides have been taken by over 2.4 million riders, traveling over 21 million miles and preventing thousands of tons of carbon emissions as well as keeping millions of car trips off the road,' the company said. 'A major part of this ridership is the Lime Access program, which provides three free rides a day to Denverites who receive city, state, or federal subsidy. Over 20,000 Lime Access riders have taken over 3 million rides in Denver, saving a total of over $25 million since the program began in 2021. Lime Access in Denver is by far the largest equity program that Lime operates in the world.'
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'Lime chose Denver to be one of the first cities in the world to launch this new vehicle mode because of its booming ridership and commitment by the city and the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) to build the bike lanes, bike and scooter parking, and other infrastructure that foster micromobility success,' the company said in its announcement.
Lime said it will be investing in new technology, staff and operational capacity 'to improve parking and street tidiness, promote safe riding, and both prevent and crack down on sidewalk riding.''Denver is already a model micromobility city in North America and it still has unlimited potential to keep improving the experience for riders and for all road users,' said Zach Williams, senior director of government relations at Lime, in the company's announcement.
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