Timeline: Electric Scooters in Bloomington, Indiana
2019-07-31 Second Reading of legislation on scooters in front of city council.
Approved on a 7–1 vote with Chopra dissenting and Rollo absent. City Council considered additional amendments to legislation.
Am 13a requiring dismount when passing peds
(passed 7–1 with Chopra dissenting and Rollo absent)
Am 19 remove parking restrictions unique to dismount zones and direct parking commission and bicycle and pedestrian safety committees to study parking corrals
(passed 5–2–1 with dissent from Chopra and Ruff, absention by Piedmont-Smith, and Rollo absent)
Am 15a allowing scooter parking on sidewalks, but subject to limitations
(passed 7–1 with Chopra dissenting and Rollo absent)
reconsideration of Am 7a prohibiting all parking on sidewalks
(failed and was thus ‘repealed’ by 1–7 vote with Copra voting in favor and Rollo absent)
Am 16 making explicit mention of the American with Disabilities Act
(passed 7–1 with Chopra dissenting and Rollo absent)
Am 18a allowing parking on unimproved surfaces beween sidewalk and street, when leaded against sign pole
(passed 7–1 with dissent from Chopra and Rollo absent)
Am 17 changing effective date to Sept. 1, 2019
(passed 7–1 with dissent from Chopra and Rollo absent)
2019-05-15 Second Reading of legislation on scooters in front of city council with postponement to July 31, 2019.
2019-05-01 Second Reading of legislation on scooters in front of city council with votes on six amendments, no vote on final ordinance.
City Council votes on six amendments to legislation.
Am 01a prohibiting riding scooters on sidewalks
(failed 3-6 with Granger, Rollo, Sturbaum voting for it)
Am 06a extending dismount zones
(passed 6-2-1 with Ruff and Chopra voting against and Volan abstaining)
Am 07a prohibiting scooter parking on _all_ sidewalks
(passed 8-0-1 with Sims abstaining)
Am 08a changing “painted boxes” to “corrals”
(passed 5-4 with Chopra, Granger, Rollo, Sturbaum voting against)
Am 03 reducing the maximum speed at which such scooters are equipped to operate from 15 mph to 10 mph
(failed 2-6-0 with Granger and Rollo voting in favor)
Am 12 eliminating prohibited hours of deployment
(passed 6-1-1 with Rollo voting against and Sturbaum abstaining)
2019-04-17 Second Reading of legislation on scooters in front of city council with votes on amendments, no final vote on ordinance.
City Council votes on three amendments to legislation.
Am 10 on allowing different form of discounts for those in federal, state, or local assistance programs
(passed 8-0, Chopra absent)
Am 11 correcting date of scooter arrival to September 2018 not 2019
(passed 8-0, Chopra absent)
Am 09 on removal of requirement for periodic reporting in addition to real-time reporting by scooter companies
(passed 7-0-1 with Volan abstaining, Chopra absent)
2019-04-03 First Reading of legislation on scooters in front of city council.
2018-11-14 City signs interim operating agreements with Bird and Lime.
2018-10-31 Second mention of “scooter” in city council regular session minutes.
During discussion of Resolution 18-19 Approving the City of Bloomington’s Sustainability Action Plan by CM Isabel Piedmont-Smith. “She discussed the possibility of people combining scooter transportation with bus transportation.”
2018-10-10 First mention of “scooter” in city council meeting minutes.
During presentation of BTransit budget to city council, by CM Chris Sturbaum. “Sturbaum wondered if scooters fit on the bicycle racks. May said no. He noted that Transit had not had any major issues with scooters. He said they would probably entertain some rules about scooter use at the downtown transit center.”
2018-09-13 First uReport complaint about scooters.
“There is a Bird Scooter partially blocking the sidewalk in front of the PACE bicycle share rack directly across from Bloomington Bagel Company on Dunn Avenue.”
