Boise, ID Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Section 6-13-2 of the Boise City Code, adopted by Ordinance 20-23 on July 11, 2023, governs any company that wants to offer dockless rental scooters, e-bikes, or adaptive devices in the city's public right-of-way. Subsection A explains that the City selects a single Shared Micromobility Program Service Provider through a competitive process, and that provider must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local codes and with its contractual terms. Subsection B makes it unlawful for any person to operate a Shared Micromobility Program in the city without first obtaining a valid, fully executed operating agreement with the City.

Subsection C creates an enforcement presumption: if code compliance or police find two or more Shared Micromobility Devices belonging to the same provider located together in the city, and that provider lacks a valid operating agreement, the devices are presumed to have been deployed in violation of the section. Subsection D makes any device offered for rent by an unauthorized provider subject to impoundment under the chapter's broader impoundment procedures. The definitions in section 6-13-1 sweep in e-bikes, e-scooters, bicycles, and Adaptive Devices under the umbrella term Shared Micromobility Device, and define the Shared Micromobility Program itself as a self-service system staged in the right-of-way and accessed through a mobile app, without a docking station or rack, run by a Shared Micromobility Program Service Provider or its subcontractors.