a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on December 5, 2018 to explore the legal options Cambridge does and does not have when permitting existing, new and emerging mobility platforms in Cambridge

Gutierrez, Mark AtTAChmEnTA Kelley, Craig From: Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 10:21 PM DePasquale, Louie To: Gutierrez, Mark Cc: Subject: Questions for Wednesday's New Mobility Permitting meeting Hey Louie: At Wednesday's meeting on permitting of new mobility platform, the general goal is to get an understanding of the City's thinking about how we're going to fit this new stuff into existing permitting programs or what new sorts of permits we might need. And, if we need new permits, do we also need some sort of special authority from the state to get what we want or do we have absolute authority. I think we've only just begun the journey to a new urban mobility and whether it's Bonzer or Bird or Lime or Blue Bike or who knows what, they're going to present ongoing new challenges for how we use public space and we've really got to be focused on how we'll adapt to these new transportation options, to include how they might be permitted. In particular, 1 am hoping to learn more about: 1. The ability of businesses to get on-street parking stickers in Cambridge. a. Do they simply need a mailing address? A post office box? Just pay excise tax? b. Is there a limit to how many stickers any one business can get? c. Are they the same as traditional on-street stickers? 2. Can we modify our contract with Blue Bikes to allow bike share competition? Can we cancel it to allow the same thing? What would be the penalties for that? 3. Do dockless bikes and scooters and such need a permanent location for their vehicles in order to get a permit? Our sidewalk obstruction/vending discussion seems to say so: https://www.cambridgema.gov/theworks/ourservices/ticketingandenforcement/businesssidewaikuse 4. Do we really think the sidewalk vending permit was appropriate to stop Bird? I thought that was a real stretch. I don't deny that we need some sort of permitting program, but this seemed super stop-gap. What are we going to do when they fill out the permit application? If the use and parking of electric scooters is the problem, it seems like privately owned scooters pose the same challenges but we have no permitting authority over them If Bird needed a permit to offer scooters for 'rent' on sidewalks, why don't people who offer cars and trucks for rent on streets need the same permit? 5. Do companies like Antbike or Lime or Bird need City permits to rent their devices on private land? On state owned land? 6. Are we communicating with any other cities that are ahead of us in this Micromobility discussion to review their permitting programs? 7. Can we require shared mobility/Micromobility platforms to be installed/supported as part of our Special Permitting processes or are we somehow restricted to linking those to Hubway Bike stations rather than, say, Bonzer parking & charging stations. 8. Can we put on our own use and insurance requirements on any of these platforms that want to operate in Cambridge? For example, can we require that Bird Scooter carry a certain insurance coverage limit as is the case for STRs? 9. Can we separate electric devices from traditional human powered ones when it comes to permitting or must Ebikes and regular bikes and scooters all be subject to the same permitting rules? 10. Can we require certain types of data sharing as part of existing permitting programs? 1

In the context of these questions, and some others that might come up, I am hoping to better understand the City's roadmap for using permitting processes as a way to guide these new uses to get what works best for Cambridge. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks a lot. Craig 2

12/5/2018 ATTACHINIENTB Permitting Micromobility in Cambridge Public Safety Committee 5 December 2018 The Goal To Keep This Person Safe 1

12/5/2018 The Goal To Allow This Sort Of New Use On Our Public Way The Challenge • How Do We Permit & License This New "Stuff?" • Are We Dedicating Enough Resources To This Effort? Trending Digs now v Uber reportedly considering Bird or Lime acquisition to grow micro-mobility business We've seen this "UBER-style" scenario before and it's not a good story. UBER 2

12/5/2018 Currently These Commercial Uses Are Allowed On Our Public Ways metre BONZER CAR SHARIN www.bonzer.rocks But Not This 3

12/5/2018 Some Questions Where do we have authority to permit/license? On Private Property On State/MBTA Property Visit Dunkin Located on the lower level Some Questions Where do we get authority to permit/license? From the State? Do we just have it as City? CHINES NUTS TENSIS SICILLUM HOVSSYN 4

12/5/2018 Some Questions Do we need to ask the State for new permitting powers? Sidewalk Business Use as use sidewak abstraction t to he cond ww be servedas can or outcoo nesting or if the obstruction is of a permanent nature Is this really our best regulatory tool? a Name or Business name of petitioner b Business address C. Type of obstructien g Pettioner's signature, telephone number, emergency contact number and email address submit with this patition a certificate of insurance that names the City ionally insured and the certifcate holder in an amount not less Some Questions Who Might We Want To Partner With? For Research? For Implementation? The MAPC Region MACTO National Association of City Transportation Officials DiE. NACTO Releases Guidelines for the Regulation and MARE Management of Shared Active Transportation 5

12/5/2018 DISCUSSION 3650130

• Fees regulate In case of Number of (Min, max) agreement • Tools used to • Costs/ revenue- violations/fines scooter per day Minimum rides per sharing agreement Duration of license operators/scooters Program power options agreement Data-sharing Data security • Insurance and considerations 1 indemnification • Operating Zones • Safety measures Parking and locking • Maximum speed and ATTACHMENTC

Source: Curbed LA program company • Company with users • Community information deployment engagement communication • Equal access to • Equitable vehicle eligible programs Program • Pricing and income- process • Website with City • Company to support • Public input considerations 2 communication • City staff needed • Winter operations NACTO: https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/NACTO-Shared-Active-Transportation-Guidelines.pdf