More scooters are coming into the Memphis area, giving people the option to stand or sit on them.
Through a partnership with Explore Bike Share, Ojo, a station-based scooter service, is bringing 250 seated scooters to Memphis. The City of Memphis had requested additional or expanded shared mobility vendors and operators.
The new fleet of scooters will roll out beginning Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. at the Cleveland Street Flea Market near Crosstown Concourse.
Memphis is the third market Oxnard, California-based Ojo has invested in, after Austin and Dallas, a release said.
Ojo contracted with the nonprofit Explore Bike Share to take care of the daily operations and maintenance of the 250-scooter fleet. Ojo vehicles, which allows either seated or standing transportation, can reach speeds up to 18 miles per hour. The scooters are station-based, unlike rental scooters such as those from Bird and Lime.
"They're disciplined, thoughtful, and safety-focused, like us," Trey Moore, executive director of Explore Bike Share, said in a release. "We're partnering with Ojo to provide on-the-ground operations management with missionally growing shared mobility for all of Memphis. We'll be able to create shared mobility hubs throughout our service area."
The costs for Ojo scooters in Memphis are:
$1.25 to begin ride
$0.20 cents per minute
$5 additional fee to park somewhere other than a station
Initial Explore Bike Share locations that will serve as hubs for Ojo scooters include Downtown, South Memphis, South City, Medical District, Cooper Young, and Overton Square neighborhoods.
Scooters will initially be docked at the following Explore Bike Share stations:
AutoZone Park
Beale Street Landing
Bellevue and McLemore
Cooper and Oliver
Crosstown Concourse
Downtown YMCA
Edge Triangle
FedExForum Plaza
Front and Court
Front and Vance
Hudson Transit Center
Loflin Yard
Madison and Avalon
Madison and Cleveland
Madison and Manassas
Madison and Marshall
Main and Adams
Main and Talbot
Main and Union
Marshall and Monroe
McLean and Poplar
Memphis Convention Center
Memphis Zoo
Mississippi and Walker
Overton Square
Peabody and McLean
Second and Beale
Southern College of Optometry
Tennessee and G.E. Patterson