Fleet size requirements and accessible bikes

[sleibman]

We strongly request that LADOT revise the Fleet Size C and D requirements to ensure those dockless companies with adaptive bikes, but who do not have e-bikes, can provide bike share services to those with disabilities who would not otherwise benefit from dockless bike share. Here is our proposed replacement language:

c) Operators must reserve a minimum of 50 percent of their fleet size for electric-assist bicycles, unless an operator provides adaptive bicycles for persons with disabilities.

d) Operators that do not provide 50 percent of their fleet size for electric-assist bicycles must reserve a minimum of 1 percent of their fleet size for adaptive bicycles for persons with disabilities. Adaptive bicycles must include locking mechanisms to securely affix the bicycles to bicycle racks. These adaptive bicycles must be accessible through the bike share operator’s app and not a third-party provider, and the experience of riding an adaptive bicycle should be similar to other vehicles in the operator’s fleet.

[LADOTBikeshare]

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