Seattle addressing some electric scooter safety concerns after survey
It's been a year and a half since electric scooters hit Seattle. An evaluation from the city's Department of Transportation earlier this month found riders took more than 1.4 million trips from October 2020 through September 2021.
"I've seen the bikes and scooters a lot, I actually use them a good amount because cars are expensive, parking is annoying and I'm always going around to my friend’s places," said Diane Tian, an E-scooter rider.
Officials with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) said the free-floating scooter share pilot launched October 1, 2020. Since then, more than 260,000 riders took more than 1.4 million trips. An SDOT survey of 5,000 riders revealed 70 percent of riders weren't following one of the city's main rules for the scooters.
"No, I don't wear a helmet, I don't have a helmet, I haven't seen anybody wearing a helmet,” said Tian. “I don't even know where to buy a helmet."
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