Spin Pilot: Shared Micromobility Study

Thank you for asking this question, Tonia! We know affordability is on the minds of many folks across Greeley. 

Spin is a private business and sets its own rates. The company includes several features in its rates model specifically designed to help with affordability, including passes for regular riders and discounts for university students and government employees. In addition, they offer a program called Spin Access, which offers a 70% discount to users with an income at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (around $48,500 for a single household).

You can read more about the rates and different pass types and discounts on our Frequently Asked Questions page. And you can read more about applying for Spin Access here.

Thanks for asking! The pilot zone was chosen based on a couple factors, one being a high-use area for short trips and existing infrastructure. Another factor was evaluating the safety of micromobility vehicles crossing the railroad tracks during the pilot. As a safety precaution we stopped the pilot zone before it crossed the tracks, which is why Wiley is outside the riding zone.

When it comes time to explore a long-term micromobility program, if we proceed, we'll be eager to expand the zone based on findings from the pilot study and ensure infrastructure can support safe usage in all areas.

In the meantime, if you visit the Pilot Zone Map, you can drop a pin on areas where you'd like expanded service in the future.

The Shared Micromobility Pilot Project will not be adding new major routes or infrastructure directly to the City of Greeley but rather adding shared micromobility vehicles on a pilot basis in the pilot area.

As far as recommended corridors for shared micromobility devices to ride on in that area during the duration of the pilot, staff will recommend that devices ride on bikeways such as 8^th or 13^th Streets going East/West. Please visit www.greeleybikes.com for additional information regarding the city’s bikeways.

To find additional information regarding the city’s major plans regarding infrastructure, our staff would encourage you to review the City of Greeley’s 2045 Transportation Master Plan. This TMP includes a Master Street Plan in Chapter 7 as well as a Multimodal Network Plan in Chapter 9. These chapters highlight the following 10-year projects to add or improve 319 miles of sidewalks, trails, bike facilities, and streets, primarily on the north side of Greeley going East/West:

• 10^th Street
• 4^th Street
• The Number Ditch 3 Trail
• The Poudre Trail Extension

Related infrastructure and mobility projects live on Speak Up Greeley you may be interested in include: 

• Improving the 23^rd Ave/ 4^th-5^th Street Intersection
• 9^th and 10^th Streets Corridor
• 16^th Street
• Vision Zero
• Mobility Development Plan
• Greeley Trails Master Plan

Thank you for your comments and suggestions. The City of Greeley is working on several projects impacting electric bike and scooter owners in conjunction to the Shared Micromobility Pilot. Our team is aware of challenges facing bicycle securement and charging for private ebike owners, and we will incorporate your suggestions as potential next steps for our team. 

The City of Greeley recently kicked off a Mobility Development Planning effort that includes the creation of mobility hubs throughout the community as well as recommended policy changes to better include all types of mobility as the City of Greeley grows. This could include better, more comprehensive bicycle parking and charging to meet the needs of evolving electric micromobility (ebikes/escooters). Our team would encourage you to participate in the upcoming public engagement efforts of the Mobility Development Plan and stay up to date with the project on its Speak Up Greeley page.

On the safety side of the discussion, the recently adopted Greeley on the Go Transportation Master Plan has prioritized improving safety of all road users and investing in multimodal mobility options. This plan outlines the next steps for the city’s transportation system, including investments in the bicycle network. 35th Avenue, for example, is a Tier 1 Priority Corridor listed as a 10-year multimodal project. 

As a next step from this planning process, the city is undergoing a Vision Zero Plan to prioritize on-street investments with the goal of reducing traffic related fatalities and serious injuries. (Stay tuned for a Speak Up Greeley page on this project soon!)

The city has also been pursuing various grant opportunities to improve mobility for all users in the community including the SS4A Demonstration grant for citywide traffic calming as well as targeted intersection improvements along 35th Ave. For new development, the city is moving away from on-street bike lanes and prioritizing shared-use, off-street paths for bicycles and pedestrians. We have applied for funding which would begin building a network of protected bicycle lanes. Future grant efforts will target enhancing low-stress bicycle and walking networks.

A few big projects related to both streets, trails and mobility that you may be interested in include: 

• MERGE
  • This project in particular would help create more safe crossings of US-34 at 47th, Centerplace, and 35th Avenues
• 9th & 10th Streets Corridor Project
• Improving the 23rd Ave/ 4th-5th Street Intersection
• Greeley Trails Master Plan

Thank you again for reaching out and joining the conversation about these changes coming to Greeley!

Thank you for your question. Our team has been working to assess the impacts of a shared micromobility program on the community and propose appropriate strategies to mitigate any negative impacts.

During the pilot program, staff recommends that the program implement the best-known industry standards to reduce conflicts between transportation facility users such as those using motorized mobility devices and those using shared micromobility devices. Staff-recommended impact mitigation strategies include:

• Providing street corrals to park devices in high-traffic locations; 
• Requiring any operator to have appropriate fleet maintenance, relocation, redistribution and removal;
• Requiring any operator to provide adequate customer service and support, including the ability to report devices parked inappropriately; 
• Requiring devices to be parked in ways do not impede others’ ability to access sidewalks, roadways and bicycle lanes; and 
• Requiring users to take a safety quiz prior to renting a shared micromobility device.

Additionally, users riding any micromobility device are required to follow Municipal Traffic Code regulations. 

If you have any feedback for how to mitigate impacts to motorized pedestrians to safely share public facilities with shared micromobility devices and riders, please do not hesitate to provide additional feedback to our Mobility Services team at hanna.johnson@greeleygov.com.