Maui dockless vehicle measure passes first reading
WAILUKU, Hawaii — In an effort to preempt what elsewhere has become a problematic and potentially dangerous trend in alternative transportation, the Maui County Council’s Infrastructure and Transportation Committee unanimously passed on first reading Monday a measure that would prohibit commercial rentals of so-called dockless vehicles.
Unlike Honolulu’s Biki rental bicycles, dockless vehicles — electric or motor-assisted scooters, bicycles and other modes of personal transportation that can be located, accessed and rented remotely — do not need to be picked up and dropped off a docking station.
