Arlington County, VA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

2, added in 2019, creates the County's Shared Micro-Mobility Services For-Hire Permit Program. 2-111 states the purpose: regulating shared scooters, e-bikes and similar devices for-hire to protect public health and safety while meeting the County's transportation goals and preserving competition among providers. 2-113, a Micro-Mobility Business must apply to the County Manager or designee, file a separate application and pay a non-refundable $1,000 application fee for each device type it wants to offer, and a materially false statement in an application bars resubmission for two years.

2-114 lets the County Manager set, modify or eliminate a countywide cap on the total number of permitted devices. C governs parking: an operator's devices may not sit in one location more than three consecutive days without being moved, and the operator must correct any device parked in violation within two hours of a County report or risk the County removing it, billing the operator for removal and storage, and treating it as abandoned if not retrieved within seven days. D requires deploying at least 15% of a fleet's morning devices outside the Rosslyn-Ballston and Richmond Highway Metro corridors.

2-123 sets device specifications: every scooter and e-bike needs a working speedometer, headlight and taillight that stay lit ninety seconds after stopping, brakes and a bell; shared e-bikes must be pedal-equipped with a motor of no more than 1,000 watts capped at 20 mph, and shared motorized scooters must be capped at 15 mph. 2-121.