E-scooters will soon be available to ride in Fairfax County, Virginia, for the first time, .
Fairfax County’s Department of Cable and Consumer Services approved the deployment of 600 e-scooters throughout the county — 300 scooters and 300 scooters. This is part of the program.
These scooters will have a speed limit of 10 mph, and can be used on roads, sidewalks, pathways and crosswalks.
When done with a ride, the scooters must be left in an area that does not impact normal car or foot traffic.
The county approved the ordinance to allow e-scooters in Nov. 2019.
Bird for low-income riders, veterans, senior citizens, Pell grant recipients and certain nonprofit organizations.
