Lime said rides in U.S. cities where Taylor Swift performed were 33% higher year over year in 2023. Concert nights are a good use case for scooters: parking is hard, roads are crowded, and people need a short last leg to the venue.
I previously gave Denver, Cincinnati, Tampa, and Seattle percentages without a traceable source. I can’t support those precise figures from Lime’s published recap, so I have removed them. The stronger point does not need four city anecdotes: event demand can fill vehicles that would otherwise sit idle.
The hard question is whether a scooter operator can handle the surge without leaving vehicles scattered afterward. I would watch parking, retrieval, and repeat use by people who tried a scooter for one concert. One busy night is an opportunity, not a business model.