AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the city of Austin gets ready to host hundreds of thousands of people for South by Southwest and other spring time events, e-scooter company Lime is helping get micro-mobility users ready for the packed streets.
Lime and the Downtown Austin Alliance partnered to launch a free training and safety campaign at Republic Park the first week of each month. The first installation of the First Ride Academy (FRA) program was on Saturday at Republic Park.
“It’s an opportunity for our Austin and local community citizens to come out, get free accessible training and hands-on scooter and e-bike glider training,” said Eli Davis, Lime’s Austin-area operations manager.
Davis helped run through some demos of Lime’s new e-bike called the Glider. He said Austin will get an additional 1,000 Gliders in its fleet for South by Southwest, so it was important to help folks get familiar with the new models before taking to Austin’s busy downtown streets for the festival.
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“Austin’s a huge festival market and the season is upon us, and so it’s imperative and fundamental here at Lime that we make sure that our riders feel empowered and safe and confident to ride on the streets,” Davis said…