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(Richter): IT’S SIMPLE AND IS ACCESSIBLE… BOTH TWO MAIN REASONS WHY SYRACUSE IS VEO’S BEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY… I SPOKE WITH VEO’S LOCAL OPERATION’S MANAGER PAUL COLA-BUDO…

(Colabufo): A little more than a year ago with 150 scooters. You know, got to test things out, figure everything out through the fall and the winter. Then in April. We expanded up to 500 scooters.

(Richter): However not everyone likes having the scooters around.

(Lyman): There just being left and laid out on the streets and on the sidewalk. It’s actually very dangerous where they’re just being dumped. They’re not like in one central location near the bus hub when they first rolled out.

(Vaught): But I do think it is kind of a pain neck to be walking around the sidewalks and have to step over them and things. But they do look like a lot of fun.

(Richter): Getting on a VEO Scooter is as simple as opening the app on your phone, scanning the scooter and then riding away. Once you’re done riding it’s easier than ever to get off of it as you can leave it anywhere, you put the kickstand down, reopen up the app on your phone, take a picture of it, and that’s all. Veo plans to expand even more in Syracuse and even possibly making scooters that are only available for SU’s campus. Zach Richter For NCC News

SYRACUSE, NY (NCC News) – Veo started in Syracuse in October of 2021 with less than 150 scooters. Now, Syracuse is Veo’s largest destination in the U.S. with almost 500 scooters in the city. Veo scooters are activated with an app on your phone and then can be left almost anywhere. However, some Syracuse residents such as Tricia Lyman are unhappy about this.

“There just being left and laid out on the streets on the sidewalk. It’s actually very dangerous where they’re just being dumped. They’re not like in one central location near the bus hub when they first rolled out,” said Lyman.

One of Veo’s few rules is that the scooters can’t be left on sidewalks and can’t be parked blocking anything. NCC News spoke with Veo’s Syracuse Operations Manager Paul Colabufo who said failure to follow these rules results in a warning or even a fine. Syracuse resident Nancy Vaught still does not think that’s enough.

“But I do think it is kind of a pain neck to be walking around the sidewalks and have to step over them and things,” said Vaught.

Besides accessibility, one of the main reasons for Veo’s popularity growth is also because of cost. Their most popular scooter cost $1 to ride and is then 31 cents a minute once riding.

Colabufo said Veo is looking into expanding the program even more in Syracuse will potentially even making specific scooters strictly for Syracuse University.

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