Gov. Cuomo's 11 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew allows essential workers to drive their cars — but it doesn't allow them to rent a Citi Bike or Revel scooter, Streetsblog has learned.
Revel, the electric scooter company, has just opened a new zone in upper Manhattan, expanding the Queens and Brooklyn footprint by almost double and providing new ways for New Yorkers to get around.
City Council reps ended a pilot program — less than a month old — after 16-year-old using scooter was run over and killed by a tow truck driver. They decided not to ban cars or make the roadways safer.
Scooter share company Revel is hosting a series of pop-up scooter schools so riders around its service area can actually learn to operate the scooters before setting off on their journeys.
Win or lose, the case is likely to raise enormous questions about the expanding company and have vast ramifications on an industry that’s trying to fill the city’s transportation gaps.