Montgomery County Expands Dockless Electric Vehicle Options
Montgomery County has increased its travel options with the launch of new dockless e-bikes in the Capital Bikeshare network. In addition, the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) expanded its pilot program for e-scooters to include the company Spin and announced plans to expand the service area for all e-scooters to include the City of Gaithersburg.
Lyft, the operator of Capital Bikeshare, deployed a small fleet of e-bikes across the region last week. E-bikes will be deployed in each of the seven Washington area Capital Bikeshare member jurisdictions, including Montgomery County. Going forward, e-bike distribution will be determined based on demand and ridership patterns across the Bikeshare system. It is expected that the fleet of e-bikes available across the entire Capital Bikeshare region will expand to about 900 in August.
The e-bikes deployed are all entirely new and include enhanced features to address concerns from users during a previous pilot program in 2018.
In addition to e-bikes, e-scooter availability in the County also is expanding. The companies Bird, Lime and Lyft signed agreements with MCDOT to rent e-scooters in the County’s Dockless Vehicle Pilot Program that launched in June 2019. Last week, the program was expanded to include e-scooters from Spin.
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