Lime Readies Fleet for World Cup Ridership Surge

Seattle's first FIFA World Cup game is finally here this afternoon, and the city has been scrambling to get ready. Among the preparations: Lime is gearing up to handle an influx of rides on its dockless shared scooters, gliders, and bikes.

At a media tour at its warehouse earlier this month, Lime shared the steps it was taking, which include increasing staffing to keep their vehicles in service and charged up as much as possible. Lime will also give away 3,000 helmets over the course the World Cup and 5,000 total over the course of 2026 in order to boost safety as ridership surges.

Lime is up against its City-imposed overall vehicle cap; so, it will not be able to expand its deployment of scooters beyond 10,000, or e-bikes beyond its 5,000 cap. But the company could still potentially set a new record ridership over the course of the festivities.

During Seattle's Super Bowl victory parade in February, Lime recorded its highest local ridership day ever, with nearly 60,000 trips. While impressive, Lime baseline has also grown, as ridership has grown to the point where it averaged around 38,000 daily rides for the month of May.

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