They may not have been arriving to “buy a fat pig,” but Lime riders definitely headed “to market, to market” in 2025, making Seattle’s Pike Place Market the No. 1 end location for trips in North America this year.
According to Lime’s “2025 Ride Replay,” released Monday, electric scooter and bike-share riders took 9.7 million trips in Seattle — a 61% jump from 2024’s total.
Areas around the Market proved to be a popular spot to end trips for residents and tourists alike. Other highlights included:
- The highest Lime ridership month in Seattle was August, with more than 1.3 million rides.
- The single highest ridership day was Sept. 27, with just under 60,000 trips.
- In May, Seattle was the first city in the world to launch the new LimeGlider. More than 1.8 million trips have been recorded since then.
Lime, along with Bird, is part of the City of Seattle’s e-bike and scooter-share micromobility program that allows people to rent the devices for short trips.
The Seattle Department of Transportation said this fall that it is adding more than 200 new bike and scooter “corrals” downtown and in other parts of the city to encourage proper parking and alleviate sidewalk clutter.
Lime offers its Ride Replay experience as a recap for users’ year of riding. This year’s theme is celestial, and riders who opted in to receive Lime emails will get their “ride-dentity” based on how, when and where they moved in 2025. Riders who explored multiple cities may find they’re an “Expert Explorer,” while loyal locals might earn the title of “Local Legend.”
San Francisco-based Lime is privately owned. The company took over the Jump bike-share business and was backed by a $170 million investment round led by Uber, Alphabet, Bain Capital and GV in 2020.
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