Scooter Share Data & Permitting
Updated: August 25, 2022
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Seattle Scooter Share
Seattle's scooter share options allow the rental of electric foot scooters for quick errands, trips to the light rail, climate-friendly commute trips, and more. Scooter share has been operating in Seattle since 2020. This page provides information about scooter share program data, permitting, and other aspects of program management.
If you are interested in learning how to use scooter share or bike share, visit: How to Use Scooter Share and Bike Share.
Questions or Comments?
Please get in touch with us at ScooterShare@seattle.gov.
Data Dashboard
The below dashboard shows a summary of the trip and fleet size data we use to inform permit compliance, program evaluation, and broader transportation planning purposes. Please note that all data shown in the dashboard is preliminary data and subject to change. If you have any questions about the data, please contact us at ScooterShare@seattle.gov.
Open Datasets
- General Bike Share Feed Specification (GBFS): These data are accessible by API. Each company operating in Seattle will host its own API feed as a requirement of their permit terms. Details on the data specification, called the General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS), can be found here, with current URLs listed below.
Bird Feed
Lime Feeds
- https://data.lime.bike/api/partners/v1/gbfs/seattle/gbfs.json
- https://data.lime.bike/api/partners/v1/gbfs/seattle/system_information.json
- https://data.lime.bike/api/partners/v1/gbfs/seattle/station_information.json
- https://data.lime.bike/api/partners/v1/gbfs/seattle/station_status.json
- https://data.lime.bike/api/partners/v1/gbfs/seattle/free_bike_status.json
Link Feeds
- https://wrangler-mds-production.herokuapp.com/gbfs/Seattle,%20WA/gbfs.json
- https://wrangler-mds-production.herokuapp.com/gbfs/Seattle,%20WA/system_information.json
- https://wrangler-mds-production.herokuapp.com/gbfs/Seattle,%20WA/free_bike_status.json
Project Library
- Competitive application process focused on safety, equity, and proper parking leads to changes in Seattle’s scooter line-up (May 12, 2022)
- We’ve published an evaluation of the Seattle scooter share program – check it out and learn what’s next (April 8, 2022)
- Seattle invites Spin to become the city's fourth scooter share company, and also tests new strategies to ensure scooters are parked correctly (July 9, 2021)
- SDOT is partnering with Outdoors for All to offer free adaptive cycle rentals for people with disabilities this summer (June 2, 2021)
- New Mobility Study shows how people use bike share, car share, and ride hail to get around Seattle (May 13, 2021)
- Happy Earth Day from all of us at SDOT! (April 22, 2021)
- Spring is here, and scooting is in the air! (April 13, 2021)
- Scooter Share Update: All three operators have now launched! Please keep the rules of the road in mind when riding. (November 18, 2020)
- SDOT invites three scooter share companies to seek permits after a thorough selection process! (September 11, 2020)
- Seattle Scooter Share Program reaches important milestone and rolls toward Seattle City Council. (August 14, 2020)
- Our Next Steps in Creating a Community-Driven Electric Scooter Share Program for Seattle (August 20, 2019)
- Here's How You Can Weigh In On Our Scooter Pilot Program (October 22, 2019)
- Moving Forward with Scooter Share Pilot (December 18, 2019)
- Seattle City Council Transportation and Utilities Committee (August 19, 2020)
- CB 119867: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City's traffic code; amending Sections 11.46.010 and 11.46.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise permissible areas of operation in the right-of-way and other public pathways for electric personal assistive mobility devices and motorized foot scooters.
- CB 119868: AN ORDINANCE relating to use of City right-of-way by free-floating scooters; amending Section 15.17.005 of the Seattle Municipal Code; adopting a Free-Floating Scooter Share Program Fee Schedule; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- Presentation