Birmingham operated a shared e-scooter pilot through Bird and later Veo under a city-issued operator agreement, with mandatory geofenced no-park zones near Railroad Park, BJCC, and UAB campus, and a citywide fifteen mile-per-hour speed cap.
Shared e-scooter operations in Birmingham are governed by an operator agreement with the Department of Transportation, requiring providers to maintain insurance, deploy fleet caps approved by the city, and geofence no-ride and slow zones in pedestrian-heavy areas like Railroad Park, BJCC events, and UAB hospital corridors. Devices must operate at fifteen miles per hour or less and cannot be parked blocking sidewalks; users are responsible for compliance and providers must rebalance complaint fleets within two hours. The pilot complements Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA / MAX) service for last-mile connections.
User fines $50-$100 for sidewalk riding or improper parking; operators face permit suspension for failure to rebalance or repeated safety incidents.
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