The city of Edinburg is trying out a new form of public transportation, but it may take some getting used to.

According to the Edinburg Asst. City Manager, Tom Reyna, the company, Blue Duck reached out to the city about their scooters initiating a six-month pilot program that began this week.

Reyna said the company will collect, which will be sent to the city monthly.

“We’re going to take data on how much we’ve used the scooters, how many complaints we’ve had, how many users do we get,” said Reyna. “To see if it would be worth viable for us to be able to continue with a scooter program throughout the city.”

The assistant city manager said Blue Duck hired Edinburg residents to monitor the scooters. He adds that there are three shifts throughout the day to make sure the scooters are charged and that they are not laying around on the sidewalks or in someone’s yard.

There are 125 scooters across the city in 33 different areas, but there are some places that restrict them, which is highlighted on the app.

If you do ride on a restricted property, the scooter will shut down.

“They’re not allowed on campus on the university because they do have a scooter policy and so we worked with them and coordinated with them, so they are around the surrounding areas,” said Reyna.

Reyna adds that the scooters are another initiative to try since there wasn’t much interest in the bike-share program.

“Since our demographics are more lower-income area, we decided to try this scooter program to see if we can get people around in a faster area, a little safer and affordable for them,” said Reyna.

Some people find scooters convenient.

“I needed to go to McDonald’s and then came back so they come in really handy,” said Ryan Acosta of Edinburg.

Others believe there need to be some changes to the scooter program.

“It says to use a helmet, but not everybody has a helmet at home,” said Contreras. “It should maybe come with one on it and like the same thing you scan it, it goes with the scooter.”

Reyna said the company has to pay a permit fee of $10 for each scooter. Since it is a pilot program, he adds that it is of no cost to the city.

To ride the scooter, it is $1.00 to start it and 25 cents a minute.