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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Lime reports over 1 million scooter rides in Chicago this year

LeAaron Foley, director of government relations at Lime, stands with one of his company’s electric scooters outside City Hall in October 2021. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file)

Electric scooter-sharing company Lime says its ridership in Chicago is booming.

The San Francisco-based company has recorded more than 1 million rides this year.

Lime attributes part of the boom to the 50% equity discount on the South and West sides. More than 400,000 of this year’s rides were taken in those areas, the company said Thursday.

This year accounts for most of Lime’s rides in Chicago since it was introduced here in 2019. The company has recorded 1.7 million rides since then.

Lime is among four companies with licenses to rent scooters in Chicago. The others are Superpedestrian, Spin and Lyft, which operates the city’s Divvy bike-sharing program.

Electric scooters were introduced in Chicago in two pilot programs in 2019 and 2020. The city’s scooter program became permanent in 2021.

Last month, Lime said it was seeking to expand scooter access to the Lakefront Trail, where bikes from Divvy are already allowed.

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