YOU Kristine: A MOBILITY
COMPANY IS LAUNCHING A NEW WAY
TO GET AROUND HONOLULU THROUGH
AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER RIDE SHARING
PROGRAM.
THE COMPANY IS CALLED LIME.
AND HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT
IS NIMO AND HONOLULU CITY
COUNCILMEMBER TREVOR OZAWA.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
Kristine: TELL US ABOUT
THIS.
WE ARE A SMART URBAN MOBILITY
PRODUCT.
WE HELP PEOPLE FILL IN THAT LAST
MILE OF TRANSPORTATION.
COMPLETELY DOCK-FREE.
THEY'RE A SELF-LOCKING SYSTEM.
YOU UNLOCK IT WITH YOUR PHONE
AND LOCK IT ONCE YOU PARK IT
PROPERLY.
Kristine: THIS IS THE FIRST
OFFICIAL LOOK.
CHRIS, BE CAREFUL.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
WHERE WITH THEY FIND IT?
WE'RE LAUNCHING A PILOT
PROGRAM WITH COUNCILMEMBER OZAWA
IN WAIKIKI, ALA MOANA AND
KAKAAKO.
VERY SMALL FLEET.
Kristine: COUNCILMEMBER,
THAT IS YOUR DISTRICT.
WHY DO YOU SUPPORT THIS?
WE GOT TO BE FORWARD
THINKING.
WHEN WE'RE INVESTING SO MUCH IN
INFRASTRUCTURE HERE FOR PEOPLE
TO USE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION, LOWER OUR CARBON
FOOTPRINT, THIS COMPANY IS ONE
OF MANY EMERGING AROUND IT'S
WORLD.
WE HAVE TO SEE HOW TO WORK WITH
THEM.
WE CAN'T STOP THESE THINGS FROM
HAPPENING.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THERE
TO WORK TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO HOLD THEM TO THE
SAME STANDARD AS ANY COMPANY.
THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE
RULING.
REGULATIONS AND LAWS.
I FORESEE THIS IS A COMURNT --
CURRENT TREND.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH
EVERY CITY.
EACH OF OUR DEVICES IS GPS.
IT'S FUN FOR THIS TO HAVE THEM
COMING BY ON THE SIDEWALK.
THE PRODUCT IS TO BE USED IN THE
BIKE LANE, WHICH HELPS WITH THE
INITIATIVE OF COMPLETE STREETS.
SAVE ON GASOLINE, EMISSIONS AND
COST FOR THE CITY AND PEOPLE OF
HONOLULU.
Kristine: I'M GOING TO ASK
CHRIS TO COME BACK TO SEE WHAT
IT'S LIKE.
AT THE END OF THE PILOT
PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
WHAT WILLISSONSSON -- LESSONS WE
LEARNED.
I APPRECIATE THEY'RE WILLING TO
COME TO THE TABLE.
HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?
THIS IS VERY SURFY FRIENDLY.
IT'S LIKE A SCOOTER I HAD WHEN I
WAS FIVE.
I'M HAVING A BALL OF A TIME.
THIS IS FUN.
Kristine: FUN FOR YOU BUT
OTHERS MIGHT BE THINKING IT
LOOKS SCARY.
IT'S PRETTY EASE TO START
UP.
LIKE IT GOES -- YOU HAVE TO PUSH
IT TO LET IT START.
AND YOU HAVE TO GET GOING HERE.
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO USE.
AND ONCE YOU GET GOING, IT'S
FUN.
I'M SURFING THE STREETS BACK AND
FORTH.
Kristine: IT'S FOR LIKE
LANES.
IN THE STREETS AND BIKE
LANES.
Kristine: I NOTICE A PILOT
PROGRAM.
YOU HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND?
IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, WE'D
LOVE TO GET UP TO U.H.
GOING UP WAIALAE, THERE ARE
STEAT-- STEEP INCLINES.
JEB Kristine: COUNCILMEMBER,
LIME HAS TO FOLLOW EVERY RULES
AND REGULATIONS.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
MAKING SURE THEY'RE OUT OF
THE WAY.
IN INGREESES AND INGRESS AND EGRESS OF
BUILDINGS.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE HOLDING THEM TO A HIGH
STANDARD WITH A TIGHT LEASH AS
WE MONITOR THIS.
AND THEY'VE AGREED TO DO THAT.
SO THEY KNOW THAT SENSIBLE
REGULATIONS WILL BE COMING IN
THE FUTURE.
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THEM.
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
WE'VE INVESTED SO MUCH MONEY.
FOR US TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH
ONES WE USE, WE WANT TO MOVE
FORWARD.
WE WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE.
WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.
WE HAVE 24 HOUR OPERATION.
THE PHONE NUMBER IS ON THE
BILE.
1-888AL-LIME-34345.
IT'S BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL.
WE GOT 1,500 MILES HERE IN
HONOLULU.
Kristine: YOU'RE ALSO ON
CORRECT.
WE'RE ALMOST IN 60 U.S. CITIES
AND FOUR INTERNATIONAL
COUNTRIES.
ONE THING I'VE ASKED THEM TO
WORK ON IS PROMOTE POSITIVE
REINFORCEMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK WITH THEM
ON ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PLACE
THEM IN MORE USER FRIENDLY AND
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREA SO IT'S
NOT IN THE WAY.
THAT'S BEEN A BIG PROBLEM.
THEY'RE LEARNING FROM WHAT THEY
NEED HERE IN HONOLULU.
Kristine: AND THAT'S WHY IT
IS A PILOT PROJECT.
AND THIS IS CALLED LIME.