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Staff's Review of Regulations Regarding Shared Active Transportation and E-scooter Activity Within the City and the Public Right-of-Way
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff will review the City's current Municipal Code and State/Federal regulations governing Shared Active Transportation and E-scooter activity within the City and related issues.
BACKGROUND
Shared Active Transportation as defined by National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) is a network or system of small vehicles, placed in the public right-of-way, for rent in short time increments that provides increased mobility options over short distances in urban areas. Small vehicles include bicycles, e-scooters and other small, wheeled vehicles designed specifically for shared use and deployed by Shared Active Transportation companies.
These Shared Active Transportation companies have come into existence over the last decade starting with bike share systems where customers checked out and returned bikes at stations placed strategically throughout participating cities in the right-of-way and adjacent public and private property. The latest of these systems have gone "dockless" where stations are eliminated, and small vehicles can be picked up or left anywhere with rental facilitated through a mobile phone application. As Shared Active Transportation companies have matured, they are moving toward combined options, where systems can be station-based or dockless or both depending on need.
Analysis
In January 2017, new types of Shared Active Transportation companies began operating in cities across United States that were not selected by municipality via a competitive bidding process or regulated through a contract or legal agreement. The new companies have exclusively used "dockless" technology and, as such, the public right-of-way in various communities including San Leandro has seen numerous occasions in which unrestricted parking has led to obstructions in the t...
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