‘Spin’ electric scooter company banned from East Lansing after city council vote
“It demonstrates the lack of reasonable management and poor oversight so unfortunately”
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Spin scooters are being called a nuisance across the city of East Lansing, and on Tuesday, East Lansing’s City Council voted 4-1 to ban Spin electric scooters in the city. The ban doesn’t include Lime or any other electric scooters.
“I heard they collect a lot of them out of the river, so I understand it, but I still think there’s an argument that could be made to have them on campus,” said Nicolas Caruso, a Freshman at Michigan State University. “I see them in the river a lot and sometimes just thrown on the ground, and they’re always beeping and stuff like that.”
Spin has a partnership with Michigan State University. The University says as of right now, operations on campus will continue as normal.
“Sometimes, for commuting, I would walk like 50 minutes or an hour. I think there could be more rules and regulations on them; they were closed at 10 or 9 at night, which I think is a good rule to have but I still think we can have them around even if there are more rules. I think people can get behind them because of how useful they are,” said Caruso.
The company that operates the scooters has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which is just one of the many reasons East Lansing’s Mayor said the company is no longer welcome.
“Somebody dumped over 200 of their scooters in the Red Cedar River, and I’m not interested in doing business any longer with a company that allowed that to happen,” said Mayor Brookover.
“We had found 225 scooters, which we estimate 80% to 90% were Spin that comes to 190 of theirs, and the rest were Lime or Bird or other scooters, but they were predominately Spin without a doubt,” said Mike Stout, the founder and President of Michigan Waterway Stewards.
Stout and his organization volunteered their time to the clean-up efforts. He said the City Council’s decision was long awaited.
“It demonstrates the lack of reasonable management and poor oversight, so unfortunately, the decision came today, and it was the right decision made,” said Stout.
News 10 did contact Spin’s parent company but received no response.
Spin has about a week to get all of its scooters from the city, and if it doesn’t, East Lansing will work with police to collect and impound the remaining.
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