The two
ride-hailing giants are among three companies that each applied for a permit to
operate dockless bike shares on Seattle’s streets — which is to say,
free-standing bikes that riders can pick up with just a few taps on their phone
screens.
JUMP (owned by
Uber), Lyft and LimeBike (who has been operating here for the last year) are
all seeking to operate bike shares in the city over the next year, the Seattle
Department of Transportation (SDOT) said Friday.
Lime Bikes is currently running a pilot on Mercer Island.
