Three wheels unlocks accessibility, a piece of it. Older riders will feel more comfortable with this form factor because it's more stable. How do pedestrians as well as riders react when there are zombe schooters going around at three to miles an hour? We had about 14 cities that tortois had talked to and we checked in with that were open to launching tel operations this year. There was an m i t study that was done, and it basically estimated that you could see up to ten times as many trips from the same number of micromomility devices if the vehicles were able to move themselves short distances from low ridership zones high ridership zones.
The gang dips back into micromobility this week, welcoming Spin's Chief Business Officer Ben Bear to the show. Ben explains Spin's exciting new developments in teleoperation and even driver assistance systems for its scooters, and how these new technologies are impacting the business. Plus: the importance of city relationships, how Spin has benefitted from being part of Ford, the seasonal nature of micromobility, and the direction that long-term new product planning is headed in.