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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

4,000 electric scooters hitting Chicago streets next month

Four thousand electric scooters — 1,000 of them integrated into the downtown Divvy bike-sharing system — will hit the streets next month and take their place as a permanent part of Chicago’s transportation system.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration made it happen Thursday by authorizing three companies — Lime, Spin and Superpedestrian — to start renting 1,000 scooters apiece outside downtown. 

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