Public Invited to ScooterLNK Safety Event September 9

Published on August 31, 2023

Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU) invites the public to attend a ScooterLNK Safety Education Event Saturday, September 9. The free event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on North Seventh Street between “R” and “Q” streets will outline safety and operating rules for the two electric scooter vendors operating in Lincoln: Bird and Lime.

Lincoln launched the ScooterLNK program in October 2022, following a successful 16-month pilot program. In the first 10 months of the permanent program, Lincoln has already seen 92,000 trips taken on electric scooters.

The operating area for ScooterLNK has expanded to an area bordered roughly by Huntington Avenue to the north, South Street to the south, North 48th Street to the east and Southwest Second Street to the west. ScooterLNK’s operating hours are from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.

Operation guidelines include:

• Riders must be over the age of 18 and hold a valid motor vehicle operator’s permit or a valid state issued ID.
• Riders are urged to wear a helmet for safety.
• Riders must follow all traffic rules, signals, and signs.
• Riders must ride in bicycle lanes or vehicle lanes with the flow of traffic.
• Riders must yield to pedestrians and walk electric scooters on sidewalks when parking.
• Only one rider is allowed on an electric scooter at a time.
• Riders must not ride electric scooters under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
• Electric scooters are not permitted on StarTran buses.
• Electric scooters are not permitted to be ridden on the sidewalks downtown, hiking or biking trails, or on UNL property.

Electric scooters can be parked in the following areas:

• Within the furniture/landscape area of the City sidewalk public right-of-way next to bike racks, trash receptacles or flowerpots.
• Parked electric scooters must allow at least four feet of usable pedestrian walking space around them.
• In City-designated scooter parking areas. A map of designed parking areas is available at lincoln.ne.gov/eScooter.

For maps and information on the ScooterLNK program, visit lincoln.ne.gov/eScooter or contact Roberto Partida, LTU Transportation Planner, at rpartida@lincoln.ne.gov.

For more information on Bird scooters, visit bird.co. For more information on Lime scooters, visit li.me.