Micromobility

News

• Grand Rapids launches e-scooter pilot, GRBJ 2020-10
• Grand Rapids grows micromobility pilot with more e-scooters, bikes, Crains 2021-06-11
• Hundreds of scooters, e-bikes to stay on Grand Rapids streets MLive 2022-08-11
• A Mobility Update, UrbanGR 2023-10-29

• No, Electric Scooters Aren’t More Dangerous Than Other Modes of Transportation., Handbuilt City 2024-02-04

  The vast majority of injured micromobility users who end up in an emergency department are treated and released without being admitted in the hospital. Those with e-scooter injuries are more likely to be treated and released (85%) than those with e-bike (81%) or bicycle injuries (79%), although not by a large margin. Fire-related injuries from a lithium battery explosion were present in one of the e-bike injuries (0.2%) and two of the e-scooter injuries (0.2%). Very few micromobility-related injured patients suffer fatal injuries, although based on the 2021 and 2022 datasets, a slightly higher proportion of cyclists suffered fatal injuries compared to e-bike and e-scooter users.
  

Programs

• Bike and Scooter Share Program, City of Grand Rapids
  • Map of Service Area, PDF