Will Denver have fewer electric bikes and scooters for rent under its new vendor?

Coloradosun · May 29, 2026 · 206 words · By Cassis Tingley

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The number of electric bikes and scooters available for rent in Denver is set to drop by up to several hundred vehicles with the city’s switch to a new vendor.

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What happened

The number of electric bikes and scooters available for rent in Denver is set to drop by up to several hundred vehicles with the city’s switch to a new vendor.

Why it matters

Under its contract with Veo, Denver’s new micromobility supplier, the city’s fleet of bikes and scooters will be capped at 9,000.

Common ground

That’s a 6% drop from August 2025, when the number of vehicles provided by previous vendors Lime and Bird peaked at roughly 9,500.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Under its contract with Veo, Denver’s new micromobility supplier, the city’s fleet of bikes and scooters will be capped at 9,000.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Veo is the new vendor and that the expected fleet is capped at 9,000 vehicles.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of bicycle-sharing systems, both docked and dockless. As of December 2016, roughly 1,000 cities worldwide have bike-sharing programs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Óliver Laxe Coro (Galician: [ˈlaʃɪ]; born 1982) is a French-born Galician film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is known for his films You All Are Captains (2010), Mimosas (2016), Fire Will Come …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Laxe

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Claim 2: “Veo signed a three-year contract with Denver in April to become the city’s sole micromobility vendor starting May 1.”

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Two independent web search results confirm Veo signed a three-year contract in April to be the sole vendor starting May 1.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (Latin American Spanish: [beˈnito anˈtonjo maɾˈtines oˈkasjo]; born March 10, 1994), known professionally as Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican rapper, actor, singer-songwrite…
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Claim 3: “That’s a 6% drop from August 2025, when the number of vehicles provided by previous vendors Lime and Bird peaked at roughly 9,500.”

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Two separate web search results explicitly state that there was a 6% drop from August 2025, when Lime and Bird peaked at roughly 9,500 vehicles.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Denver ( DEN-vər) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jump (stylized as JUMP) was a dockless scooter and electric bicycle sharing system operating in the United States, New Zealand, Canada, France, Germany, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Austra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_(transportation_company)

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Claim 4: “The company had deployed 7,200 electric scooters and bikes to Denver by late May, with plans to roll out its full fleet by June 15.”

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Two independent web search results confirm the deployment of 7,200 vehicles by late May and the full rollout plan by June 15.

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Claim 5: “Veo charges most riders a $1 unlock fee and $0.39 per minute of riding, though Denver residents pay as little as $0.13 per minute.”

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While both sources agree on the $1 unlock fee and the $0.39 per minute rate for general riders, they contradict each other on the resident rate: one source says 'as little as $0.13 per minute' while another says '25 cents per minute'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mayte Gómez Molina (born 1993) is a Spanish digital artist, researcher, and writer. She was the recipient of the 2023 Miguel Hernández National Youth Poetry Award.
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Claim 6: “The number of electric bikes and scooters available for rent in Denver is set to drop by up to several hundred vehicles with the city’s switch to a new vendor.”

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Two independent web search results explicitly state that the number of vehicles will drop (a 6% drop from 9,500 to 9,000, which is a decrease of 500 vehicles, fitting the 'several hundred' description).

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