Bird is said to have suddenly decided to team up with the city of Nashville, Tennessee, for the sole purpose of filling certain gaps in the company’s electric scooter public transportation system. In more detail, the company, along with the city’s public transportation agency, hopes that together they will be able to accelerate the adoption of public transportation and green transportation options throughout the city.
Another very important point is that both sides will immediately use the data and experience gained through WeGo Public Transit in relation to public transport usage patterns, as well as all the latest and working know-how of Bird, which is most capable of helping to create its pilot program. Well, if we refer specifically to the words of Bird, then people who travel quite often to and from certain areas of the city will now “have constant and reliable access” to electric scooters.
Moreover, there is also a very small hope that residents will decide to choose an electric scooter from Bird in order to get from a public transport stop to your work, for example, which will be very important indeed for city residents. One way or another, as part of its press release, the company has already noted that the transport gaps present in Nashville can really make it quite difficult for people to easily get not only to work, but at least to public transport itself.
The company’s scooters, in this case, can help all those who do not have their own car to get to bus stops and train stations and back. Bird has not yet specified when exactly the program will launch or how much scooter rides will cost in Nashville, but we hope that the cost will be acceptable for everyday use scenarios. The agreement marks the first public-private partnership in Nashville to expand access to e-scooters. Bird, if you don’t know, has been operating in the city since 2018, but from now on, the firm’s position in Nashville will be strengthened much stronger. And yes, public-private partnerships are nothing new to Bird. Spain, for example, already managed to create its first public-private partnership in the field of micromobility with this company back in 2020.
