The Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Commission met on March 10, 2026, to receive an informational update from Lime on 2025 performance and plans for 2026. Public comment highlighted safety concerns and enforcement gaps, followed by detailed discussion on parking, technology, and collaboration. The commission took no formal votes on the Lime program.
Data driven. But that data is only effective if it if it collects collects all the components so that you can so that you can make a proper decision. By that I'm saying it collects incident reports, which are not being collected now as it relates to the people that are injured, maybe by uh the bicycles themselves uh on the streets or on sidewalks, the same thing with the lime scooters. I myself have saved three individuals that have uh been compromised because of their um uh um site or uh uh canes or walkers because of uh uh uh either lime scooters or bicyclists uh on the sidewalk. So the point I want to make is if we choose to be data driven, that that data has to be comprehensive, and thus far, whether it's the mail clinic or whether it's uh homestead county or whether it's a salvation army, there is I'm just suggesting probably because of HIPAA. Uh uh, we really don't know which safety place and and how people are getting injured. So I'm gonna strike safety safety safety because this place is on the map internationally, and we have to do more than give the impression that we're concerned about safety. I want to share something with you this morning. I was at the dentist's office, and the first thing I say when I go to the dentist's office, do I get to leave with all the teeth that I came with? Because the ones I have remaining are very important to have humor. Do we need to realize how important that is, however? Um, but he said we brought up this issue tonight. He said, no one has any idea how many people this dentist's office has worked on their teeth, either by somebody riding the lime scooter or someone that was hit by a lime scooter person. So that's why we want to bring up this data. Uh there's no way to collect it. And he said, you know, he wouldn't be a cyclical minutes. But I'd like to put my business card on all the lime scooters that go around there because you'd be surprised how many people we take care of that have been hit by one or somebody riding a lime scooter. Thank you all very much. Next up we have Kim Federson. Yeah. Good evening, everyone. Um, I think my comments will build nicely on what these two gentlemen chaired. On September 25th, I was riding my bicycle commuting home from my job, and I hit a live scooter that was parked illegally on the bike path. Um, my medical, I sustained a broken elbow, um, a broken finger that required surgery and external fixation, a broken toe, and soft tissue damage to my other elbow. Um, it was $35,000 in medical costs, pre-insurance, of course, thankfully. I have insurance, and it was only about three to four grand out of pocket. Um the medical costs were the only problem. Um at that time I had a one and a half year old and a three-year-old, and it proves very difficult to be an involved mother when you can't use your arms at all. Um, I was out of work for three months. I work at the uh federal prison, and they don't allow you in if you are physically not at your prime condition. So it it was direct cost, it was indirect costs to me and my employer, huge cost to my family and my children. Um so when I see these um, I did contact lime scooter, I got very prompt responses, um, very polite responses, albeit no action, even when asking for accountability. I was not familiar with lime scooter rules because I never used them myself. Um, but after quick review of the website, it was very clear what is expected of um riders in terms of where safe parking is and everything. So that's why I contacted Line and said, hey, clearly this was uh deviation from the expectations. What can you do to help lessen the impact on my family and I? Unfortunately, we got um nowhere and um though I I think the responses, which actually I didn't even expect, but I got responses, but nowhere. Um in reviewing the slides, it's just a couple of comments um that grams of carbon dioxide save per trip. I mean, that's only if you're assuming that it's replacing car usage, I'm assuming. Um I would say my personal observations in my commuting as well as um I look on memorial parkway, a very uh popular recreation area that I'm not uh the reader writers I see do appear, like Barry said, to be very young. That I'm not the reader riders I see do appear, like Barry said, to be very young. Um they're typically messing around. They don't, I don't think they would be in a car otherwise, or they're certainly not community to or from work. Um so they appear to be recreational for the meeting. So I can't, I would disagree that it saves carbon dioxide um once you consider charging. Um the same with our um the four slide, the car trips replaced. I think that would uh be inaccurate to claim that. Um, and then as Barry was saying, a little concern with the capture, um, noting that two warnings would be issued before a five. If I'm doing my quick math right, um 20,500 riders took at least the first trip. So those are appear to be unique riders.