Shreveport, LA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Shreveport's Code of Ordinances defines an "electric low-speed scooter" as a rental or commercial scooter weighing less than 100 pounds, fitted with handlebars and an electric motor, powered solely by that motor or by human power, and capable of exceeding five miles per hour on a paved, level surface. Section 90-175, adopted by Ordinance No. 84 of 2021 on June 22, 2021, makes it unlawful to operate any such scooter "on any and all sidewalks, bicycle paths, public rights-of-way, streets, or highways within the city limits," a blanket ban reaching every public traveled way in the city, not just downtown or high-traffic corridors.

The ordinance singles out commercial dockless operations: it defines a "rental or commercial scooter" as one "made available for short-term or long-term rentals by a commercial scooter rental service," and the ban is written to hit that business model rather than personal mobility devices. Subsection (e) carves out privately owned electric low-speed scooters used in residential areas, so a resident's own scooter ridden on a residential street is not swept up by the prohibition, even though the definition otherwise covers any qualifying scooter regardless of ownership.

Section 90-175 sits in the city's motor vehicle and traffic chapter, alongside the motorcycle and motor-driven-cycle rules of Division 5, and carries its own stand-alone penalty rather than referring back to the chapter's general fine schedule. Any person who violates the section, whether a rider or the company operating the fleet, is fined $100 per offense, with no separate escalation for repeat violations written into the text itself.