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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Denver among first cities to launch Lime's newest vehicle option: LimeGlider
DENVER (KDVR) — Denver residents will soon have a new electric vehicle option from shared transportation company Lime, alongside its fleets of e-scooters and e-bikes. 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. Why Denver is one of the biggest scooter cities in the US 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.' See the latest traffic conditions in Denver on FOX31 '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. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Axios
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- Axios
LimeGliders debut in Seattle with 3,000 scooters
Seattle is the first city to launch LimeGliders — scooters that look like bikes — following a popular pilot run last year. Why it matters: Seattle's early embrace of micromobility and zeal for two-wheeled travel make it one of Lime's top global markets, company officials say. That boom is shaping the future of shared electric transit, as Lime uses the city to grow ridership and test new ideas, Hayden Harvey, Lime's director of government relations, told Axios. Between the lines: Seattle's not just a high-performing market — it's a real-world proving ground. With steep hills, rain, heat, cold, leaves and even cobblestones, the city challenges every aspect of a new model's design, Harvey said. Driving the news: Starting Thursday, the company is deploying up to 3,000 of the seated scooters alongside its fleet of 4,000 e-bikes and 7,000 standup scooters. What they're saying:"We're excited that Lime is rolling out this new option so that more people can select a device that works best for their needs," Seattle Department of Transportation interim director Adiam Emery said in a written statement. Zoom in: The all-green LimeGlider offers a more accessible ride than the company's scooters and e-bikes — with a lower center of gravity, a lower step-through, and no need to push off, pedal or adjust a seat. That makes it an easier choice for a wider range of riders, including novices and people with mobility concerns, Harvey said. Thought bubble: I took all three of Lime's options for a spin this week, and the Glider was by far the least intimidating. It's the only one I would be able to get my octogenarian mother to try. By the numbers: Seattle now ranks as Lime's No. 4 city globally for ridership, trailing only London, Paris and Berlin. 6 million Lime rides were taken in Seattle last year, per Lime, with 2 million so far in 2025, up 113% from the same period in 2024. Yes, but: Injuries involving electric scooters and bikes were up 37% last year over 2023, KING 5 reported. Lime acknowledges that its riders are vulnerable road users, like pedestrians, compared with cars, Harvey said. But shared scooters have "considerably stronger safety records" than private scooters, Lime said in an email Wednesday. Harvey said that the rate of incidents or injuries across Lime's service in Seattle declined 21% from 2023 to 2024 and that more than 99% of the city's 6 million trips ended without incident.
