Lime plans to add moped-sharing to scooter and bike services

Lime will launch first with 600 mopeds in Washington in March, followed by Paris later this spring. It is considering expanding to other cities later in the year. — AFP

Lime, the scooter and bike-sharing platform, plans to introduce mopeds to some fleets starting this spring as it continues to assemble a range of transportation options intended to tempt people to give up their cars.

The additions will bring the company into direct competition with Revel Transit Inc, the Brooklyn, New York-based startup that has popularised moped-sharing in a handful of American cities over the last year. Lime, whose official name is Neutron Holdings Inc, sees mopeds as a form of transportation that’s more appropriate for travel distances of up to five miles, or for lugging around groceries.