After months of discussions and researching experiences at peer institutions, Clemson University has decided not to test dockless, electric scooters on campus.

Todd Steadman, chair of the Joint City/University Board meeting, announced the decision during the board's meeting on Monday.

"We are not opposed to the concept but felt there were unresolved issues at present," Steadman said.

The scooters in question are offered by a variety of companies including Bird, Lime and Spin and allow users to rent them using a smartphone app and park them anywhere.

In October, Bird introduced their scooters to the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Within five days, the university began impounding the scooters and imposed a partial ban on campus.

Similar situations have played out from the University of Texas at Austin to Miami University in Ohio. In January, Columbia, South Carolina passed a one year ban on the scooters.

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The university and city's main concern with the scooters relates to geofencing technology which allows limits on the geographical range of where the scooters can be used.

While geofencing technology exists, it has not been perfected, Dan Hofmann, the university's director of parking and transportation services, said.

He said the scooter companies have claimed that it works, but Hofmann said that it has not been perfected in Raleigh, where it was tested.

Johnson Link, Clemson's associate vice president for student affairs, also said part of the decision boiled down to infrastructure. He said the city and university do not yet have the sorts of bike lanes and sidewalks that would be conducive to scooters.

"Whoa, this doesn't sound like a good idea," Link said his first reaction was after the scooter companies started approaching the university.

"Hopefully, companies can find solutions, but I don't see that happening any time soon," student body president Mason Foley said.

Students at Clemson have voiced a desire for the scooters in the past. Foley brought up the scooters during the October meeting of the university Board of Trustees, but vice president of student affairs Almeda Jacks told the trustees the scooters were not being considered.

Despite Jacks' statement to the board, the university did revisit the concept due to student interest, but the decision remained the same. In particular, the 2018 ACC Championship game renewed student interest in the scooters as they are prevalent in Charlotte.

While the university will not be trying the scooters any time soon, Link and Steadman left the door open for future discussions once the technology around the scooters is improved.

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