OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma City Council has given an electric scooter company one week to obtain permits for a scooter rental service that has led to lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders in other cities.
Council members had ordered “dockless” scooters for rent on public right of way to be impounded but on Tuesday gave a California company that operates them time to obtain city permits.
The scooters are activated by a smartphone app. Renters pay a $1 activation fee and 15 cents per minute. Scooters are deployed each morning, picked up in the evening and recharged overnight.
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Officials in Milwaukee and Nashville, Tennessee, have filed lawsuits to remove the scooters. The city of Providence, Rhode Island, has agreed to permit the rental service on a one-year trial basis.
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