E-Scooter Anarchy Comes to Rat City!

I can't wait for scooters for many reasons but a big one is so I can stop using scooter stock photos. martin-dm/Getty Images

The King County Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to launch an electric scooter pilot in White Center.

The year-long pilot, championed by King County Council Member Joe McDermott, is expected to launch sometime this year. McDermott initially hoped for a November launch date, but the launch may take longer while the King County Department of Local Services consults with disability and community groups on how best to implement the program.

"This is a key step, and an exciting step, in first- and last-mile mobility," McDermott said during the full council meeting on Wednesday. The pilot will last a year and include two milestone checkmarks at six and nine months.

White Center will soon be the closest city census-designated place to Seattle to get scooters. It joins other Washington cities like Tacoma, Redmond, Bothell, Everett, and Spokane. Seattle, meanwhile, is in the community outreach phase of launching a scooter program. That supposed months-long endeavor includes shit like this Twitter poll:

#SeattleScooterShare is part of a program to provide people with affordable transportation options that are also good for the environment 🌎🌳, like bike share. Do you currently use bike share? 🚴‍♀️ https://t.co/OSU4PNBOgZ >

— seattledot (@seattledot) October 1, 2019

Scooters won't show up on Seattle streets until next year, most likely in the spring.