As part of a one-year pilot project, Bird Canada has officially launched its e-scooter ride-sharing service in an exclusive partnership with the City of Windsor.
We will be showing up at your door : Search is on for missing e-scooters, service offline
Bird Canada is working to track down a portion of its fleet of e-scooters in Windsor just a few days after the launch of a pilot project in the southwestern Ontario city.
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Posted: May 05, 2021 2:41 PM ET | Last Updated: May 5
Bird Canada e-scooters, including these along the waterfront, recently debuted in Windsor, Ont., but the service has been shut temporarily after about 10 per cent of the 200 went missing. (Darrin Di Carlo/CBC)
Author of the article: Brian Cross
Publishing date: May 05, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 4 minute read • Even on a rainy Monday, May 3, 2021, Windsorites couldn t resist taking the new rental e-scooters for a spin. Here, Krish Soni takes one for a ride along the riverfront. A high number of thefts temporarily suspended the pilot project. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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Windsor’s just-launched electric scooter pilot project that started on the weekend with big grins from excited users has hit a “disheartening” bump in the road.
In the first few days of operation, thefts in the city of the expensive GPS-equipped rental units were so frequent that operator Bird Canada put the program on hold Tuesday so it could concentrate on getting its stolen e-bikes back and rethink its local security and deployment plans.
WINDSOR, ONT. After what Bird Canada officials are calling a very successful and record-breaking opening weekend of e-scooter deployment in Windsor, the company is also confirming about 10 per cent of the 200 scooters put out on city streets were stolen or vandalized. “It’s not our first rodeo, we’ve seen this before,” says Bird Canada general manager Alex Petre. “I would say it has been a little more aggressive and a little bit faster than other cities.” Windsor council approved a one-year pilot project for e-scooter use in town, making Bird Canada the exclusive operator in the city. The company also offers its service in Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Kelowna.