Milwaukee electric scooter incident, alderman questions safety

The Brief

  • An electric scooter user recently hit and seriously injured a man in Milwaukee.
  • Downtown’s alderman questioned whether the city should continue allowing them.
  • FOX6 News reached out to Lime for comment but did not hear back.

MILWAUKEE After a recent incident involving an electric Lime scooter hitting and seriously injuring a man in downtown Milwaukee, the district’s alderman said he wants answers – and questions whether the city should continue allowing them at all.

Scooter safety concerns

What they’re saying:

Electric scooters first started in the city back in 2019.

“We’ve been waiting on summer for I don’t know how long, so it’s just the scenery,” said Robert Kendall. “The lake, the buildings. I like to come out and take scooters by the lake, go play volleyball, see the water, stuff like that.”

Kendall isn’t a frequent Lime scooter rider, but frequent enough that he recognizes some of the issues for pedestrians.

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