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Austin to install 'parking boxes' for dockless scooters and bikes
Mark D. Wilson
mdwilson@statesman.com
![Dockless scooters crowd the sidewalk at West Sixth Street and Congress Avenue on Aug. 23. City officials said crews on Friday will begin installing "parking boxes" to encourage users to leave dockless scooters and bicycles there. [JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN]](/gcdn/authoring/2019/02/14/NAAS/ghows-TX-81e1e257-ea47-3ea9-e053-0100007f3216-e3fb48f1.jpeg?width=660&height=414&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The city of Austin is preparing to install "parking boxes" for dockless scooters and bicycles in and around the downtown area.
“City staff hopes parking boxes will encourage people who use dockless bicycles and scooters to park in areas that do not impede accessibility by other road users,” officials said in a news release on Thursday.
City officials said crews will install the first one Friday at the 200 block of West Sixth Street.
Other boxes will be installed in the following areas:
• Third Street between Nueces and San Antonio streets
• Fourth Street at San Jacinto Boulevard
• San Jacinto Boulevard between Fifth and Sixth streets
• Third Street at Trinity Street
• Fourth Street at Red River Street
• Fifth Street at Pleasant Valley