All of Airdrie's public e-scooters are now in hibernation as the other provider in Airdrie, Bird Canada has announced they have taken their e-scooters off of Airdrie streets with winter approaching.
Austin Spademan, head of government partnerships for Bird Canada explained he is happy with the year they had in Airdrie.
"We had another fantastic season, with over 26,000 kilometres ridden by residents."
According to Spademan, since the program started in Airdrie a few years ago, riders on Bird e-scooters have ridden enough kilometres within the city to go around the world over two times.
"Our average trip length is around three kilometres, which is effectively enough to go run an errand in town without needing your vehicle."
He went on to talk about how much carbon dioxide (CO2) residents have been able to reduce from the atmosphere with residents using e-scooters.
"We've taken about 10 metric tons of CO2 from the atmosphere through the existence of our program. That's just Bird and doesn't reflect the total program."
With this being the final year of the e-scooter pilot program, Spademan does hope they are able to return to Airdrie next year.
"We're serious about coming back, we love operating in Airdrie. We're super excited about what 2025 has to offer and I think for all intents and purposes, people can expect us back come spring of next year.
According to Neuron, riders covered 51,300 kilometres with an average trip distance of 2.52 kilometres and a duration of just over 13 minutes.
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