At the same time the dockless e-scooters launched in Salt Lake City this summer, the city’s nonprofit bike share was on track to have its most successful ridership season.
Just seven weeks later, GREENbike ridership had decreased by at least 5.3 percent compared with the year before, according to data provided to The Salt Lake Tribune. And it’s possible the hit was as big as 10 percent to 11 percent when taking the company’s upward trajectory into consideration, according to founder and executive director Ben Bolte.
“Our annual users have stayed the exact same,” he said.