{"id":372,"date":"2026-05-29T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=372"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:03:43","slug":"will-denver-have-fewer-electric-bikes-and-scooters-for-rent-under-its-new-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=372","title":{"rendered":"Will Denver have fewer electric bikes and scooters for rent under its new vendor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Yes.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The number of electric bikes and scooters available for rent in Denver is set to drop by up to several hundred vehicles with the city\u2019s switch to a new vendor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=371\">The clowns are in town for this year\u2019s Denver Fringe Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under its contract with Veo, Denver\u2019s new micromobility supplier, the city\u2019s fleet of bikes and scooters will be capped at 9,000. That\u2019s a 6% drop from August 2025, when the number of vehicles provided by previous vendors Lime and Bird peaked at roughly 9,500.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Veo signed a three-year contract with Denver in April to become the city\u2019s sole micromobility vendor starting May 1. The company had deployed 7,200 electric scooters and bikes to Denver by late May, with plans to roll out its full fleet by June 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=369\">Where Diana DeGette, Melat Kiros and Wanda James stand on the issues in Colorado\u2019s 1st Congressional District primary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Veo charges most riders a $1 unlock fee and $0.39 per minute of riding, though Denver residents pay as little as $0.13 per minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Colorado Sun partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs \u2014 bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=367\">Colorado\u2019s race to cut water use off to a slow start<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>City and County of Denver <\/li>\n<li>Veo spokesperson Alex Keating Email correspondence<\/li>\n<li>Ride Report Micromobility Dashboard<\/li>\n<li>Veo Veo Press Release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. The number of electric bikes and scooters available for rent in Denver is set to drop with the city\u2019s switch to a new vendor.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transportation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Will Denver have fewer electric bikes and scooters for rent under its new vendor? - Colorado Relocation Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=372\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will Denver have fewer electric bikes and scooters for rent under its new vendor? - Colorado Relocation Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes. 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