Dockless Vehicles

Lori Houston
Assistant City Manager
September 12, 2018
Companies Currently Operating

Approx.
Bird 1,700 scooters

Lime Approx.
300 scooters

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Companies That Have Expressed
Interest In Operating In San Antonio
Bird

Blue Duck

Lime

Razor USA

Spin

Skip

Zagster
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Public & Stakeholder
Input
• CCDO held a public meeting on July 31st w/ approx. 150 attendees

• A survey has been widely shared and approx. 3,800 people have
responded
o Survey to remain open until City Council action

• A focus group comprised of key stakeholders including SARA, Via,

Centro, Tech Bloc, SAPD, and TCI have provided input

• CCDO has met with all of the interested vendors

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Survey Results

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 Public Meeting
Results
Are you supportive of dockless bicycles? Should riders be required to be 16 years or older to operate
Yes: 61 (82%) vehicles?
No: 12 (16%) Yes: 61 (85%)
In the middle: 1 (1%) No: 10 (14%)
In the middle: 1 (1%)
Are you supportive of dockless scooters?
Should dockless vehicles be required to follow the same
Yes: 58 (76%)
traffic regulations as bicycles?
No: 16 (21%)
Yes: 69 (82%)
In the middle: 2 (3%)
No: 12 (14%)
In the middle: 3 (4%)
Should dockless vehicle riders be required to
wear helmets? Should dockless vehicle riders be charged a fee for leaving
Yes: 35 (50%) vehicles in areas where parking is prohibited?
No: 33 (47%) Yes: 59 (87%)
In the middle: 2 (3%) No: 9 (13%)
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 Comparative Analysis
City Vehicle Type Max Vehicles Application Fees Per Vehicle Fee Prohibited on
Sidewalk
Bikes & $30 per 6
Austin, TX 500 per vendor N/A No
Scooters months
Bikes &
Durham, NC N/A $250 $10 Yes
Scooters
1,250 total |Vendors
$25,000
San Francisco Scooters can secure permits for $5,000 Yes
Permit fee
up to 500 vehicles
1–100 $1,620
101–200 $3,240
Bikes & Yr 1: $808
Dallas, TX N/A 201–300 $4,860 Yes
Scooters Renewal: $404
301 –400 $6,480
401 –500 $8,100
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*Seattle, Chicago, and other cities currently developing programs
Recommendations

• Six month program

• $10 per vehicle fee with a vendor application fee of $500.
• No cap on number of vehicles / number of vendors
• Must maintain a San Antonio based fleet manager
• No geographic limitations
• Monthly reporting requirements on usage, violations, and trip data
• Vendor app must educate on rider safety, areas where riding is prohibited,
and safe/lawful parking.
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Recommendations:
Safe Riding
• Minimum age requirement of 16+

• Dockless vehicles must always yield to pedestrians

• Riders must utilize bike lanes when available. In the absence of a bike lane, the
rider use their best judgment when deciding to use the street or sidewalk.
• If they use the sidewalk, must maintain a 2-foot walk path for pedestrians.
• The vehicle can only be ridden on roads with speed limits of 35 mph or less

• Must have a light on the front and a red light on the back

• Must have a bell, horn, or other sound mechanism

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Recommendations:
Prohibited Areas
• Presently, City Code prohibits the use of any electric motorized vehicles
on the river walk, trails, creek ways, and in parks

• Public streets that intersect parks and plazas may be ridden upon
(example: E. Nueva in Hemisfair Park)

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Recommendations:
Parking
• May be parked on sidewalk as long as 3ft remains clear for pedestrian traffic
• Exclusions to parking bicycles or scooters on sidewalks:
• Within 8’ of a bus stop pole or bus shelter;
• In commercial or pedestrian loading zones;
• Within 4’ of street furniture that requires pedestrian access (for example - benches,
parking pay stations, transit information signs, etc.);
• Interfering with a curb ramps, entryways, or driveways;
• Within 8’ of a building entrance
• May park in a bike rack but may not park in a B-Cycle docking station
• May not park in parks, plazas, or on trails including: Alamo Plaza, La Villita, Main Plaza,
Market Square or on the river walk (prohibited areas)

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Parking Examples
Good Parking!
• Maintains clear walking path
of more than 36”

• Does not interfere with street

furniture

• Vehicles are upright and

placed neatly
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Parking Examples
Good Parking!
• Maintains clear walking path
of more than 36”

• Vehicles are upright and

placed neatly

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Parking Examples
Good Parking!
• Maintains clear walking path
of more than 36”

• Vehicle is upright and parked

neatly

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Parking Examples
Parking Violation!
• Encroaches on 36” pedestrian
clear path

• Too close to ADA sidewalk

ramp

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Parking Examples
Parking Violation!
• Encroaches on 36” pedestrian
clear path

• Too close to building entrance

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Parking Examples
Parking Violation!
• Encroaches on 36” pedestrian clear
path

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Recommendations:
Correction of Violations
• Correction of Violations:
o Vendors have 2 hours to correct violations
o Vendors have 1 hour to correct violations in prohibited areas

• Vendors required to lock vehicles reported as broken and remove

within two hours

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Enforcement and Reporting
Violations
• Enforcement
• CCDO to administer permit process
• Parking enforcement to enforce parking regulations
• Centro Ambassadors and Parking Enforcement to assist in
correcting/reporting parking violations
• SAPD to enforce areas were use is prohibited
• Report violations directly to vendors
o 311 equipped to accept complaints and forward to vendor

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Fees
• Fees to cover the costs the City expects to incur
• Reviewing permit applications and ongoing monitoring
• Relocating vehicles city-wide
• Cataloging the property and holding hours when companies can pickup
their property

• Types of Fees:
• Per vehicle permit fee for 6 months ($10)
• Permit application fee for 6 months ($500)
• Relocation fee: $50 per incident
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Program Assessment
• Staff time and cost related to administering the program
• Usage and trip data
• Violations, 311 calls, and Accident Reports
• Stakeholder Input
• Vendors
• Riders
• Other stakeholders
• Rider Education
• Other considerations:
• Dedicated scooter parking and obtaining cost for proposals
• Geofencing that will prevent rides from ending in prohibited areas
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Timeline

• City Council B Session: Wednesday, September 12th

• Public Hearing: Wednesday, September 12th at 6 pm
• City Council Approval: Thursday, October 11th
• Return to City Council Committee/City Council in April/May 2019
• Program Assessment
• Fee Structure
• Code Amendments

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Dockless Vehicles

Lori Houston
Assistant City Manager
September 12, 2018