...Title
Micromobility Permits: Prompting Innovation for Safer Streets (Liccardo, Peralez,Davis)
...Recommendations
Restrict the issuance of electric scooter permits to companies that will include the following elements with their service:
1. Geo-Fencing for E-scooter Operations: In addition to complying with standard permit requirements, companies will be required to deploy technology that in designated areas-primarily sidewalks with high pedestrian activity like Downtown and transit station areas-either (a) halts, or (b) adjusts e-scooters to substantially lower speeds no faster than a casual walking pace (approx. 5 mph). On such pedestrian-dense streets, scooters may only be operated at full speeds within bike lanes and shared lanes (“sharrows”).
a. Staff is directed to immediately conduct outreach to companies that are operating, or seeking to operate, to assess technology safety solutions and the path for expedited implementation.
b. The permit program will begin in February of 2019. By July 1, 2019, any company that is unable, or unwilling, to implement the technology required to ensure the safety of our community must cease operations in San Jose as of that date. Through the City Manager, the Director of Transportation may modify that date as necessary for successful implementation of the program. In the intervening period, companies are invited to test and/or pilot safety technology solutions in San Jose in coordination with the Department of Transportation.
c. The City would work with the applicants to define pedestrian-dense areas, such as Downtown core, or parts of Willow Street in Washington-Guadalupe, Jackson Street in Japantown, or Lincoln Avenue in Willow Glen, where suitable bike infrastructure is also present.
d. Applicants will be responsible for the installation, maintenance and removal of sensors or other infrastructure needed for the deployment of their technology, facilitated by the Department of Transportation.
e. If the technology warrants t...
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