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April 18, 2019

Shared e-scooters surge, overtaking docked bikes

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
AP Business Writer

Reuters: Paul Hanna
A recent report says riders took 38.5 million trips on shared electric scooters in 2018, eclipsing the 36.5 million trips on shared, docked bicycles.

NEW YORK — Love them or hate them, electric scooters are everywhere — zipping along city streets and littered on sidewalks, to the dismay of pedestrians and drivers who must share the road.


 
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