{"id":914050,"date":"2026-09-29T12:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/914050\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:28:11","slug":"lime-e-bikes-e-scooters-roll-into-waterloo-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/914050\/","title":{"rendered":"Lime e-bikes, e-scooters roll into Waterloo Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rental e-bikes and e-scooters are back.<\/p>\n<p>The Region of Waterloo said hundreds of Lime e-bikes and e-scooters will be ready to rent in the tri-cities until Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 500 bright green e-bikes and 500 e-scooters have been distributed throughout Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo.<\/p>\n<p>They replace the orange Neuron e-devices which were previously in the region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kitchener.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/15\/lime-canada-preparing-for-waterloo-region-rollout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lime Canada announced back in July<\/a> it would be coming to Waterloo Region, after it acquired Neuron Canada.<\/p>\n<p>To use the rental e-bikes and e-scooters, you\u2019ll need to download the Lime app.<\/p>\n<p>Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/electric-kick-style-scooters-e-scooters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">provincial e-scooter pilot program<\/a>, riders must be at least 16-years-old and wear a helmet.<\/p>\n<p>The speed limit for e-scooters is 24 km\/hr with no driving allowed on sidewalks \u2013 only roads, bike lanes, and on trails.<\/p>\n<p>Details on the Region\u2019s e-scooter by-laws can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionofwaterloo.ca\/programs-and-services\/roads-and-transportation\/active-transportation\/cycling\/##E-scooters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/E-scooter-Region.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4231360\"  \/>E-scooter information posted by the Region of Waterloo<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Kitchener as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=kitchener.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790684891_871_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rental e-bikes and e-scooters are back. The Region of Waterloo said hundreds of Lime e-bikes and e-scooters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-914050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}