San Antonio – Despite once having been a hot-button issue, scooter use has become a rarer sight in San Antonio. With at least seven scooter companies having come through the city at one point or another since June 2018, scooters used to fill San Antonio streets, providing 300,101 rides in December 2018 alone. Despite once having been a hot-button issue, scooter use has become a rarer sight in San Antonio. A spokesman for Razor acknowledged a “temporary decrease" in rides during the pandemic, but said the company saw greater ridership in San Antonio in August and September over the previous year. RELATED: Lime announces it is pulling scooters out of San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – Lime announced it will no longer operate in San Antonio and 11 other markets across the globe. The scooter company said Thursday it will “close the market” in San Antonio in the coming weeks, and scooters will no longer be available for rent in the next few days. Lime was just approved for one of three exclusive city contracts to operate up to 1,000 scooters in San Antonio on Dec. 12. It also said it would be moving its Regional Repair Center from San Antonio to Austin. In addition to San Antonio, Lime also said it is leaving Atlanta, Phoenix and San Diego, as well as eight other cities in Central and South America.