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Citations have been issued to seven of 10 electric scooter companies participating in Chicago’s e-scooter pilot program for not following the rules, the city revealed.

Citations have been issued to seven of 10 electric scooter companies participating in Chicago’s e-scooter pilot program for not following the rules, the city revealed. Kate Chappel reports.

After months of discussion and planning, a scooter-sharing program is coming to Chicago on Saturday, and residents undoubtedly have questions about how everything will work with the new mode of transportation.

The new pilot program launched Saturday in the Chicago area and NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has some details you might need to know if you’re itching to try out the new transportation system around town.

Shared electric scooters will be hitting the streets of Chicago, and one of the companies participating in the program is offering tips on how to operate and ride them safely.

The programs in many other cities have been controversial and some are worried about safety on Chicago’s crowded streets. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

The latest app-sharable addition to the Chicago-area transportation landscape is a docklless electric scooter.

Nine people have joined a class-action lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court against e-scooter companies Bird and Lime, along with their manufacturers, alleging “gross negligence,” attorney Catherine Lerer told NBC4.