Interesting numbers. Based on seven months usage, a single scooter would log 45miles/month and a single bike would log 10 miles/month. It would be interesting to see numbers before scooter introduction. I don't see where the 30 times crash rate for bicycles could possibly come from.

---- Original Message ----
From: "Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard" <bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com>
Sent: 12/11/2018 7:59:46 PM
To: "Frank Gmeindl" <fgmeindl@gmail.com>
Cc: "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com>
Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Austin dockless report

Wow, these are amazing numbers Frank! Thanks for sharing.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 7:29 PM Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard <bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com> wrote:

Here’s an October 11, 2018 report from Austin, TX on their Dockless Mobility Program, http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=307564
Some interesting statistics from April - October:

Number of devices in service

Scooters: 3,750

Bicycles: 1,200

Miles ridden

Scooters: 1,190,900

Bicycles: 85,000

Number of crashes

Scooters: 37

Bicycles: 81

Computation: bicycles had 30 times higher crash rate than scooters.

None of the scooter crashes was fatal; 1 was life threatening; 16 had “significant signs and symptoms” and 14 were non-life threatening.

During the same time, Austin had

Pedestrians: 14 fatalities; 112 injuries

Motorcyclists: 5 fatalities; 128 injuries

Motor vehicles; 10 fatalities, 2,336 injuries

At least in Austin, scooters look like a pretty safe way to get around.

Frank

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