The City Of Decatur Is Cracking Down On E-scooters

A quartet of Bird scooters improperly parked across a lane of the multi-use PATH near the Arlo.

Ann Abramowitz

This article was originally published on Dec. 14 at Decaturish.com and updated after the City Commission’s Dec. 17 meeting.

The city of Decatur sees all of the scooters strewn all over its sidewalks and it has seen enough.

At its Dec. 17 meeting, the City Commission adopted an item giving e-scooter companies — primarily Bird — an ultimatum: sign an operating agreement with us or we’re going to ban your scooters.