City and Lime report nearly 6,000 summer trips in Woodinville pilot; residents cite aesthetics and ADA concerns

City staff and Lime representatives reported on Woodinville’s summer micromobility pilot during the Oct. 21 council meeting, summarizing operations, community feedback and ridership patterns.

Jared Hill (city) said the pilot began June 16 and ended Oct. 1, averaging about 81 Lime vehicles in town on any given day and nearly 6,000 rides over the season with more than 2,000 unique riders. He said city staff, the police department and local stakeholders created parking zones and tailored deployment to reduce sidewalk parking and ADA conflicts.

Parker Dawson, senior regional lead for Lime, said survey outreach produced 277 responses and that "60% of respondents said they would have used their personal vehicle" if Lime had not been available; he added that "100% of riders ranked their experience to be 3 stars or higher, with over 80% ranking it as 5 stars." Dawson described a suite of compliance and capture tools—including mandatory parking zones, a capture AI that prompts riders to repark, and a 'pause' feature in the app—and noted Lime’s rules require riders be 18 or older (Lime elected to set the age at 18 even though Washington law permits 16+).

Council members requested additional cross‑tabulated data (trip starts vs. trip ends, app opens vs. trips, and usage by neighborhood) to inform parking corral placement, equity measures and a low‑income discount take‑up assessment; Lime committed to follow up on discount program usage and to share heat maps and more granular origin/destination data.

The pilot is suspended for the winter; Lime and city staff said they will continue outreach and aim for a refined, possibly expanded pilot in summer 2026.