VEO addresses Genesee River scooter dumping in Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — You’ve probably seen them or even used them: electric scooters all across the city of Rochester. Some of them have been seemingly dumped into the Genesee River.

Friday, the Senior Policy and Partnerships Manager & Policy Counsel of VEO, Joe Bott, spoke with News 8’s Adelisa Badzic.

“We see this as being kind of a small-scale problem,” Bott said. “So, have retrieved some, but on the scale of, you know, compared to our total fleet, which is, over a thousand vehicles and amongst the 425,000 rides we did in 2024, it’s not something we see on a large scale, the majority of our fleet are completely intact and are operational.”…

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