More commuters are turning to non-traditional ways of getting around town than ever before.
Transportation robotics company Superpedestrian said they have seen a boom in scooter ridership compared to March 2021.
“Looking at March of 2022, we saw a 360% increase in rides from March of 2021. And that, coupled with the rider survey that we did in the last week, that shows 50% of our respondents said they’d hop on a scooter due to high gas prices. You know, we believe our riders,” said Jamie Perkins, director of communications for Superpedestrian.“It’s just convenient for me personally. I use them mostly to commute to and from school and just generally when I’m having fun trying to look at the city.
Superpedestrian saw a 41% ridership increase in e-scooters. Perkins said the company tracked thousands of new riders using their app.