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Spin scooters spotted in Milwaukee, Bird scooters to launch Wednesday

By: CBS 58 Newsroom

Posted: Aug 13, 2019 7:11 AM CDT

NOW: Spin scooters spotted in Milwaukee, Bird scooters to launch Wednesday

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – Spin Scooters were spotted in Milwaukee Tuesday morning, one day after the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works approved its application to participate in the city’s Dockless Scooter Pilot Study.

Applications were approved for Bird and Spin on Monday. Those companies follow Lime, whose application was approved in June.

Bird says it will launch its fleet of electric scooters in Milwaukee on Wednesday, August 14.

Each company is allowed 350 scooters.

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