Wind Mobility, the operator of the e-scooter trials scheme in Nottingham, is reporting high demand for its e-scooters after the first 6 months of the city’s trial.
Wind is running the UK’s most popular e-scooter scheme in a single city, recording the highest number of total journeys among operators.
Since the launch of the trial in October 2020, residents of Nottingham have taken more than 240,000 rides on Wind’s yellow e-scooters with an average distance of 1.9 miles per trip.
In total, city residents have covered more than 435,000 miles and spent more than 75,000 hours on Nottingham’s sustainable transport alternative.
Lukasz Rybak, Wind’s City Manager in Nottingham said:
“The first six months of the trial have proven to be very successful and indicate a high popularity of our e-scooters among people living, working and studying in Nottingham.
“More than 100 users in Nottingham download the Wind app every day and we see a high rate of 5-6 daily rides on each scooter.
“Taking into account that Wind has achieved these high numbers during the fall and winter months with lockdown restrictions in place for most of the time, we expect a significant growth and even higher usage of our scooters for the second half of the trial.
As part of the trial, Wind Mobility has also seen a high demand for its subscription e-scooters that are offered to key workers living and working in Nottingham, and has recently introduced free ride coupons for key workers that can be used towards Wind’s pay-per-minute service offer.
The coupons are part of Wind’s Helping Hands initiative to support key workers and hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic.
