Prairie Village is getting rid of Bird's electric scooters in August — here's why

Prairie Villagers will have until the end of this month to enjoy puttering around the city on Bird electric scooters.
The city council’s Committee of the Whole on Monday decided against renewing the city’s one-year pilot program with Bird Rides, Inc., which would have kept the dockless, pay-as-you-go vehicles on city streets for another year.

Additionally, a memorandum of understanding the committee discussed would have included automatic renewals for six-month terms, if approved, unless either party terminated the agreement.

City documents show that the 35 Bird scooters on the ground resulted in a total of 1,310 total rides over the past year.

That adds up to a total of 2,358 miles traveled and 0.33 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide saved, according to city documents.

Councilmember Dave Robinson brought up concerns about holes in the data, including how many actual riders the 1,310 total rides represented.