E-scooter program proving popular
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on July 12, 2022.
Since launching its e-scooter and e-bike concept back in April, Neuron has seen an outstanding response in the city this far.“The community continues to embrace the service. Trips around downtown, north bus terminals, West Lethbridge Towne Centre and local parks continue to be popular routes for riders, including Henderson Park, Galt Gardens and Nicholas Sheran Park along with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery,” said Gwen McGuire, head of communications for Neuron.
The pilot project has seen thousands of new users, rides and kilometres traveled and so much so that the riding area has been expanded to the northern parts of the city.
“As of the end of June, Lethbridge riders had travelled over 175,000 kilometres in the city,” said McGuire.
Local Neuron riders use the service to do anything from exploring the city and commuting to work to visiting a local business.
We’ve seen in every city where we operate that our service makes a meaningful and positive impact on the environment and local businesses, and we are seeing this unfold in Lethbridge, “she said.
Neuron’s products run on the world’s first swappable e-scooter and are a 100 per cent carbon-neutral electrically charged batteries that are easily charged on the street without having to go to a charging station.
There are permits for 500 e-scooters and 100 e-bikes in the city.
Neuron announced in May they want to become carbon negative by 2025. 2
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