The 300,000

When e-scooters first appeared, they quickly replaced the pedal bicycles that UCLA had set up as rentals for campus trips. The pandemic, of course, interrupted usage of the e-scooters. But now they are back on campus. My impression is that the campus recovery outpaces their usage in other areas where they were introduced pre-pandemic. In any case, from the Bruin:

Students expressed concern over recent fluctuating spikes in the number of tickets handed out for improper electric scooter usage on campus. UCLA signed a contract in 2019 with Bird Rides Inc., a company that allows riders to rent electric scooters through a mobile app. The contract requires that Bird provide electric scooters for students to commute to classes, according to UCLA Transportation’s website.

Penalties vary for breaking the rules for electric scooters, UCPD Officer James Echols said in an emailed statement. Echols added that, in general, people who violate electric scooter laws receive a fine proportional to the level of the violation and have the potential to receive a point from the Department of Motor Vehicles on their record, which can affect their driving privileges.

Over 300,000 campus trips were made on Bird and other motorized scooters in 2022, according to the UCLA State of the Commute Report. The report said that there has also been an increase in private ownership of electric scooters among students...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2023/06/08/improper-e-scooter-usage-prompts-increase-in-tickets-fines-for-students.

If you are a truly faithful blog reader, you may recall that at least before the deal with Bird, students were making on-campus trips via Uber and Lyft in vast numbers. See:

http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-more-things-change.html,