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Electric scooters

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News, insights and analysis on the deployment and adoption of electric scooters, or e-scooters, in Canada. This includes dockless electric scooters and electric scooter sharing initiatives.

Bird Canada e-bike scooter, e-bikes and van
  • EV News in Canada
  • Micro-mobility

Bird Canada swoops in to rescue Bird Global; merger puts Canadian management and investors in control

The Canadian micro-mobility provider capped a successful fourth year of operations — over three million trips and eight million kilometres since launch — by merging with international platform operator Bird Global
Bird Electric Scooters, Electric bikes, Electric scooters, Electric Vehicles Canada
  • Mehanaz Yakub
  • January 3, 2023
  • 4 minute read
People gather at a Bird Canada booth in Ottawa.
  • EV News in Canada
  • Micro-mobility
  • Municipalities

After e-scooter trips double, Bird Canada targets a dozen new cities in 2022

Despite early growing pains, the popularity of municipal electric scooter programs in Canada is surging. As one of the leading operators, Bird Canada — whose users logged over a million trips in 2021 — is banking on more of the same this year
Bird Electric Scooters, Electric scooters
  • Mehanaz Yakub
  • January 8, 2022
  • 6 minute read
Bird electric scooters in Calgary's East Village_
  • EV News in Canada
  • Micro-mobility
  • Municipalities

Bird Canada lands new funding as it tops one e-scooter million rides

The electric scooter provider now counts Montreal’s MKB as an equity investor, as it reports encouraging growth in ridership and continued expansion into more cities
Bird Electric Scooters, Electric scooters, Electric Vehicles Canada
  • Emma Jarratt
  • August 10, 2021
  • 3 minute read
Ontario e-scooter pilot cleared for takeoff
  • Micro-mobility
  • Policy

Ontario e-scooter pilot cleared for takeoff

It’s now up to individual municipalities to set rules on use of e-scooters on roads and sidewalks and to determine parking policies
Electric scooters, Ontario
  • Katie Ingram
  • December 5, 2019
  • 2 minute read
A bikeshare hub in the City of Bellevue
  • EV News in Canada
  • Micro-mobility
  • Municipalities
  • Policy

Innovative city pilot results in permanent dockless e-bike sharing scheme

The City of Bellevue in Washington, a U.S. pioneer of hub-based e-bike sharing, is using a savvy strategy to solve the micro-mobility problem. Here’s what Canadian municipalities can learn from its experience
Electric bikes, Electric scooters
  • Nicholas Sanderson
  • November 28, 2019
  • 6 minute read
Electric scooters in Canada
  • Micro-mobility
  • Policy

Year of shared e-scooter pilots, policy reviews sets stage for wider adoption

Says one provider: “The four biggest provinces are on the precipice of moving forward. It’s all very optimistic and exciting”
Bird Electric Scooters, Electric bikes, Electric scooters, Electric Vehicles Canada, Lime electric scooters
  • Emma Jarratt
  • November 8, 2019
  • 5 minute read
Micro-mobility safe vs cool
  • Micro-mobility
  • Opinion

Micro-mobility: The consternation of safe vs. cool

Electric scooters promise to be a lasting urban transportation solution — as soon as cities and manufacturers resolve existing obstacles
Bird Electric Scooters, Electric bikes, Electric scooters, Electric Vehicles Canada, Lime electric scooters
  • James Carter
  • September 30, 2019
  • 6 minute read
micromobility in canada electric scooters
  • Micro-mobility
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Canada’s micro-mobility era is off with a bang, as provinces strive to regulate demand, safety

How much do Calgarians love shared e-scooters? Try 300,000 trips in just a few weeks. But Canadian cities face familiar challenges to make e-bike and e-scooter services safe and convenient for all
Alberta, Electric bikes, Electric scooters, Electric Vehicles Canada
  • Nicholas Sanderson
  • August 28, 2019
  • 6 minute read
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