closed #171956
Scooters, Bike-share and Related Issues
512 W 16th ST
- Case Date:
- 3/9/2020
Scooter parked on private property.
Scooter parked on private property.
Four Bird Scooters left in front of residence blocking public sidewalk 514 N Washington Street, Bloomington, IN
Red/orange electric bicycle with basket ("Lime+Uber") lying by side of Dunn Street.
4 scooters are reported as blocking the sidewalk on the Southwest corner of College and 2nd Street.
E bike dumped in middle of sidewalk
7 scooters blocking sidewalk at 2nd street and High street. Man tripped and hurt himself on them
Much has been written in the paper about the scooters. I feel we are in an impotent city if we cannot stop such an invasion which results in emergency room visits and the trashing up of our-what used to be -quaint town. Please just round them all up and then figure out how to proceed. They dumped them here without permission.
I believe I addressed this issue with letter to Mayor Hamilton but believe all the scooters should be rounded up until some regulations can be put together and enforced. There is a difference between entrepreneurship and negligence.
Bird scooters are being left on the property of IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians at 1302 S Rogers. A representative for Bird was unloading them earlier and I asked that they not be left on our property due to liability concerns. She said she has to leave them where she is instructed.
(Sorry if you got this already---no indication that I was done and steps 4-6 are yours) In Walnut, just south of the PO. Pedestrian had stopped, looking at them. Curious? Annoyed?