Are Electric Scooters Legal in Oklahoma City?

OKC’s “Safe Scootering” guidance reminds riders to stay in bike lanes or general traffic lanes, obey signals, yield to pedestrians, and stage scooters near the curb or bike racks without blocking ADA routes—sidewalk and trail riding remains prohibited.citeturn1search5 A 2023 ordinance created the Shared Vehicle System License that limits each operator to 75 devices unless ridership data justifies expansions up to 250, requires daily deployment from permitted docks, and gives the city leverage to suspend companies that fail to keep sidewalks clear.citeturn1search11 After Bird exited the market in February, Lime became the lone downtown operator and now runs roughly 350 scooters with GPS-driven geofences that slow or disable rides in the Bricktown Canal, Myriad Gardens, or other off-limits spaces; when scooters drift into those zones, riders receive warnings and the units decelerate until they return to approved streets.citeturn7search6 Riders should also be aware of the standing Bricktown juvenile curfew (9 p.m.–6 a.m. for anyone under 18 without an adult), which is enforced alongside scooter rules during nightlife patrols.