E-Scooters Make Debut In Downtown St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — St. Petersburg residents have easy access to public e-scooters as of Thursday, the city of St. Pete announced.

E-scooters are set up at various downtown locations for residents and visitors to rent. The city entered a partnership with Razor and VeoRide to help provide an environmentally friendly way for people to get around downtown.

The Veo Astro stand up scooter rental fee is $1 to unlock and 33 cents per minute.

Rental price for the seated Razor scooter is $1 to unlock and 37 cents per minute.

The Razor scooter has an 80-minute lifespan and travels at speeds up to 15 miles per hour, according to its website.

The partnership plans to roll out 250 e-scooters into the downtown area, the city said.

A scooter station that is already set up is on Central Avenue near 22nd Street North. There are also some set up outside the downtown Hyatt Hotel, Museum of Fine Arts and Intermezzo on Central Avenue.

The introduction of e-scooters is a component of the city's strategic approach to improving and increasing mobility options through Complete Streets, a program designed to provide more access to transportation in areas with low rates of vehicle ownership, the city said.

If you're curious about trying an e-scooter, the city is holding a demonstration on Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Al Lang Stadium parking lot.

Riders can download the smartphone app for both Razor and VeoRide to locate scooters that are available for rent, find parking corral locations, and to set up their account.