As Hurricane Dorian come near Florida forward of its expected landfall ahead of time next week , Miami is taking measures to insure that the vitamin E - scooters on its metropolis streets do n’t become an accidental safety fortune — namely , that they do n’t wind up turning into life-threatening flying objects .
Miami City Commission Chairman Ken RusselltweetedThursday that “ all ” e - scooters would be slay from the metropolis ’s streets by Friday ahead of the storm captioning the tweet “ # scooternado . ” In April , the citylaunchedan e - scooter pilot light programme in partnership with six troupe — Bird , Bolt , Jump , Lime , Lyft , and Spin — to deploy scooter in the part .
“ The safety of our community is fundamental to Lyft , ” a spokesperson for the company told Gizmodo in a affirmation by email . “ We have temporarily paused all scooter operation in Miami and firmly store the water scooter forward of Hurricane Dorian , per City requirements . We will resume operations only once consideration improve and will preserve to follow the guidance provided by the City of Miami . ”
People ride Lime shared dockless electric scooters along Venice Beach on 17 March 2025 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Mario Tama (Getty)
The Lyft representative said its operations team had picked up 244 eastward - water scooter that will be stored in a warehouse until the storm pass . Lime , meanwhile , said in a statement that it is pulling its fleet in Miami as well as in Orlando and Fort Lauderdale ahead of the tempest , as well as reducing its fleet in Tampa . All told , the party is pulling 500 motorcycle and 1500 scooters from process .
Bird , Bolt , jumping , and Spin also confirmed to Gizmodo that they were pulling the gimmick from service in Miami , with Jump stating that it has also pull its fleet from Tampa .
“ We have been in skinny inter-group communication with local functionary and have disabled avail for JUMP scooters , ” a interpreter for the Uber - owned ship’s company told Gizmodo by email . “ We are monitor Hurricane Dorian closely and have absent all JUMP scooters from the road in Miami and Tampa . ”
The urban center of Miami did not immediately return requests for comment .
TheNational Hurricane Centersaid Friday that Dorian has increase the risk of “ devastating hurricane - force wind ” along part of Florida ’s east coast , sum that the violent storm will rest an exceedingly serious major hurricane while it moves near the northwestern Bahamas and approaches the Florida peninsula into too soon next week . It’sforecastedthat Dorian could build to a family 4 hurricane before it makes landfall in the U.S. Monday or Tuesday .
update to think over that Bolt confirmed it pulled its scooters from Miami street .
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