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Public asks for moratorium and data as committee reads micro-mobility permit extension
Summary
Public commenter asked the committee for a moratorium on deployment of shared micro-mobility devices and requested public accident and crime data as the committee considered an ordinance to extend dockless mobility permits month to month.
Jennifer Brooks used the meeting’s public comment period to ask the Transportation Committee for a moratorium on deployment of shared micro-mobility devices and to make public accident, injury and crime data related to those devices.
Brooks addressed the committee regarding ordinance 25-01366, which the committee had on the consent agenda and which would allow the commissioner of the Atlanta Department of Transportation to extend existing shareable dockless mobility device annual permits on a month-to-month basis from July 1, 2025, through April 1, 2026. Brooks asked the committee to place a moratorium on deployment until vendors demonstrate effective management of devices and compliance with permit requirements.
“I would also like to ask if you would please make public the accident data regarding the micro mobility devices, the injury data, and the crime data,” Brooks said. She added that vendors have “unfettered access to the public right of way” and that pedestrians have been harmed by devices left on sidewalks; she asked the committee to compel vendors to enforce compliance with permit terms.
The committee chair acknowledged Brooks’ remarks and said the item number had been noted; committee staff said they would attempt to provide answers and that the committee would take public engagement into account before further consideration. The permit-extension ordinance was on the committee’s consent agenda and was read into the record.
