Mexico City's Electric Scooter Pilot Program Concludes This Month

Mexico City is nearing the end of a pilot program for electric scooters, a service that began with three companies and a cap of 1,000 vehicles. The city's Secretariat of Mobility (Semovi) will now evaluate the program's success to decide whether to continue, expand, or discontinue the scooters.

Mobility Secretary Héctor Ulises García Nieto stated that the evaluation will determine "if they continue and how they would continue, if they continue; if it is expanded or not." He added that regulatory conditions would need to be established for the vehicles' use.

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An evaluation will be carried out to see if they continue and how they would continue, if they continue; if it is expanded or not. Regulatory conditions would have to be generated for the use of these vehicles.

The pilot program, which focused on areas with existing cycling infrastructure, partnered with Lime, Jet, and Whoosh. Semovi reported that between June 10 and July 10, these companies facilitated 56,356 trips within the capital.

Lime recorded the highest number of trips at 26,890, followed by Jet with 18,781 and Whoosh with 11,685. Despite some operational challenges, such as Lime ceasing operations in the Benito Juárez mayoralty due to permit issues, a Lime employee expressed confidence that the service would become permanent and expand to more districts.

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Yes, they are going to stay (Lime service in CDMX). Yes, in fact, yes (the service will be extended to more mayoralties), but right now we are not working in Benito Juárez. I really don't know if they still don't have the permits, because they have removed stations.