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August 28, 2024

City of Hartford and Veo launch shared scooter program

Contributed The city of Hartford and the Capitol Region Council of Governments have contracted with Veo to provide shared scooters for the city.

You can once again scoot around the city of Hartford.

City officials, the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) and Santa Monica, California-based Veo on Wednesday announced a partnership to bring fleets of shared scooters to Hartford and the region.

Veo, a green technology company, said it is deploying an initial fleet of 220 standing scooters in Hartford. Additional scooters are expected to be made available in New Haven “in the coming months” and in other communities next year, it said.

A previous program, which featured Superpedestrian providing Link shared scooters, ended in Hartford in December.

“Shared scooters are back, and we can’t be more excited to once again work with our cities and towns to help provide residents and visitors an affordable, car-free, and fun way of exploring their community,” said Matt Hart, CRCOG executive director. “When beginning the search for a new vendor, CRCOG set out to establish a successful, long-term partnership to enhance mobility in the region, and we believe Veo can deliver.”

CRCOG’s contract permits any city and town that is a member of the Capitol Region Purchasing Council, including municipalities outside of the CRCOG region, to explore using the scooters in their community and to seamlessly contract with Veo.

Anyone aged 18 or older can locate a scooter using the Veo app, which can be downloaded for free. Using the app, customers scan a QR code and pay $1 to unlock the vehicle. They then pay 36 cents per minute to ride the electric Astro standing scooter.

Once at their destination, riders park the scooter in a bike rack, designated corral, or on the perimeter of the sidewalk outside of the pedestrian right of way. They must take a photo within the app to confirm proper parking.

Veo is offering a launch promotion, with riders receiving $5 in free credit by using the promo code Hart24 through Sept. 30.

Low-income riders can visit veoride.com/veo-access to apply for a discounted rate. A subscription program is also available.
 

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