The BIRDS flock to Uptown Charlotte

Not unlike the Birds in the Hitchcock movie, BIRD electric scooters are flocking to Uptown Charlotte in recent weeks, and as somewhat of a surprise to aShortChronicle, they are popular - very popular.

Take a step out of your office building in the Trade/Tryon area and you will see people, mostly Millenials but certainly not all, zipping around on the newest entrants on the Charlotte alternative transportation scene.   These electric scooters seem to be taking over as a more popular option than the dockless bikeshare units that flooded Uptown earlier this year.  They are also considerably more expensive at $1 to unlock and $0.15 per minute after.

aShortChronicle has seen quite a few of these in use with office workers zipping down the street for lunch.  And yes, it does look a little strange - like a "scooter gang" in ties

Here are  few pics of these scooters in use.

This last one was the best.  Check out the dry cleaning!  This rider was asked if he used it often even though they were kind of expensive.  His response before speeding off was that it was cheaper than a lightrail ticket.