Lyft wants to see a more organized shared micromobility landscape, with fewer free-floating scooters and more dependable, docked vehicles. To help achieve this vision, the company revealed Thursday its next-generation dockable e-scooter and updated docking stations.
While mainly a ride-hail operator, Lyft also provides docked bikeshare programs in eight cities across the U.S. Last year, the company acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a Canadian supplier for bikeshare equipment and technology, more than doubling its micromobility footprint. If cities are keen, Lyft said it could retrofit some of its existing 100,000 bike docks to accommodate the new scooters.
In the meantime, Lyft will slowly phase in the new scooters, and potentially new docking stations, in cities where it currently operates a scooter-share network (Chicago, Denver, Washington, D.C. and Minneapoli...
