# E-Scooter Scheduling Launches Lime Scooters Will Take Reservations in the US By Daniel Johnson | Published 2019-07-04 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lime-scooters References: [engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/02/lime-scooter-reservations-in-us/) & [li.me](https://www.li.me/second-street/lime-scooter-reserve-feature-going-global) 2nd Street [Lime Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lime-gen4) will be newly available for reservations in the US, where users will be able to indicate that they will require a scooter in the upcoming 15 minutes. Reservations can be made using the app, so users do not have to worry about another user taking a scooter they intended to use. Users can still use the scooters in the conventional way, where they simply pick up one and go. However, reservations will be voided if a user picks up a different scooter. The company has indicated that Lime Scooters will be more expensive through reservations, as users will be paying per-minute. The per-minute cost from riding will also be applied to wait times due to a reservation. The company decided to charge for reservation time, in order to safeguard against too many scooters being reserved at once. Image Credit: 2nd Street Lime ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.7/10 - Popularity: 75% | Activity: 59% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) > [Transportation](https://www.trendhunter.com/transportation) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Reservation-based Access:** Reservation-based access similar to Lime's e-scooters may inspire other transportation companies to introduce a similar system. - **Per-minute Pricing:** The per-minute pricing model utilized by Lime scooters may be implemented by other sharing economy services such as ride-hailing or bike-sharing platforms. - **Anti-reservation Fraud Measures:** The use of wait time charges by Lime aims to prevent reservation fraud, which other sharing economy services could emulate to reduce fraudulent activities on their platforms. ### Who This Affects Most - **Ride-hailing:** The reservation and wait-time charges introduced by Lime scooters could be a disruptive innovation opportunity for ride-hailing companies to optimize vehicle availability in peak hours. - **Bike-sharing:** Per-minute pricing as applied by Lime scooters, can be implemented by bike-sharing companies as it improves the affordability of using rental bicycles for short distances. - **Car-sharing:** Anti-reservation fraud measures similar to Lime's wait-time charges can help prevent fraudulent activities in car-sharing platforms, presenting a disruptive innovation opportunity. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Accessible E-Scooter Services](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/accessible-e-scooter-service.md) - [Sit-Down Scooter Rentals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wheels.md) - [Battery-Swappable E-Bikes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lime-gen4.md) - [Eco-Friendly Transit Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moovit-x-lime.md) - [Accessible Step-Through E-Bikes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lime-3.md) - [Scooter Rideshare Partnerships](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spin-electric-scooters.md) - [Pass-Based E-Scooter Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/superpedestrian.md) - [Connected Smart Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eso-10.md) - [Electric Scooter Sharing Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electric-scooter-sharing-system.md)