E-scooters in Tulsa: Lime, the rules, River Parks and the Gathering Place

Which e-scooters can you rent in Tulsa?

Electric scooter rental in Tulsa means Lime. Lime started renting on 26 October 2018, days after the City Council passed rules for electric scooters and bicycles, News On 6 reported, and Bird followed soon after, TulsaPeople reported. In February 2019 each company paid the City $50 per scooter a year, and Bird and Lime had each asked to place 400 scooters, KTUL reported. Those were the 2019 terms: we found no 2026 source for the City’s current permit, caps or fees. Beam rented in Tulsa later; city officials told KTUL in February 2026 that it had given notice on 20 December 2025 that it was ceasing operations. Lime then said in an email that “other e-scooter operators” had recently left Tulsa, KTUL reported. We found no other company renting scooters in Tulsa in October 2026.

At 9:27 p.m. on Thursday 29 October 2026 the Tulsa map showed about 600 Lime scooters as last counted, so some may have moved since: the map’s count, not Lime’s fleet. That total takes in Lime’s whole Tulsa area, inside the city limits or not, except its zone in Jenks, to the south, whose scooters the map counts under Jenks: 28 more at that time.

For each Lime scooter the map shows its position and charge, but no price and no zones. Only scooters are on it: if Lime rents anything else in Tulsa, the app shows it. First ride? See how to rent an e-scooter.

How much does a Lime scooter cost in Tulsa?

We found no open official source for Lime’s Tulsa fares in 2026. The Lime app shows the unlock fee and the rate per minute before you start, and any offer that applies, and that is the price that counts. After Beam left, Lime offered riders three free trips through the beginning of March 2026, KTUL reported.

Scooter rules in Oklahoma and Tulsa

Oklahoma law calls an e-scooter a “motorized scooter”: a vehicle with no more than three wheels, handlebars, a foot support or seat, and an electric motor the maker programs not to exceed 35 mph (47 O.S. § 1-133.3). On the road you have the rights and duties of a driver (§ 11-1202), and the state lets cities regulate scooters on roads, trails, sidewalks and other public spaces. Tulsa does: the table gives the state’s rules from Title 47 as the Legislature published it in October 2026, with the laws passed up to 2025, and the City’s own.

Downtown, keep off the sidewalk. Inside the IDL and on those stretches of Cherry Street and Brookside, ride in the street or a bike lane. Anywhere, state law keeps you off roads with a posted limit over 25 mph; outside those three areas the City lets you use the sidewalk instead, yielding to people walking.

Can you ride a Lime scooter at night in Tulsa?

We found no City rule on riding hours and no 2026 source for Lime’s hours in Tulsa, so check the app before a late ride. Parks set their own: River Parks closes from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., and the Gathering Place from 9 p.m. (7 p.m. from 2 November to 18 December).

Title 47 sets night-lighting rules for bicycles but none of its own for motorized scooters; River Parks encourages cyclists to use a light after dark. We found no rule that pauses Lime’s scooters in winter.

Where to ride and park downtown, in Brookside and on Cherry Street

• Downtown. Inside the IDL, the ring of highways around downtown, the Blue Dome District included, scooters may not use the sidewalk: take the street, or a bike lane where there is one, the City says.
• Cherry Street and Brookside. The same sidewalk ban applies on Cherry Street between Peoria and Utica and on Brookside between 33rd and 36th Streets, the City’s Walk Bike Tulsa page says. Elsewhere in Tulsa you may ride on the sidewalk, yielding to people walking.
• Parking. We found no 2026 City rule on where a shared scooter must be left. The City asks cyclists never to park where they stop people walking from using a sidewalk: do the same with a Lime, and check the app for where it lets you end the ride.
• Private property. Businesses may set their own rules for their sidewalks and parking lots, the City notes.

River Parks and the Gathering Place

• River Parks. The River Parks Authority treats e-scooters “such as Lime and Bird” the same as bicycles on its trails, and bans other motorized vehicles and gasoline-powered scooters. Where the trail is split, as on the east bank from 11th Street to Joe Creek, the lane nearest the river is for people walking and pushing strollers, the lane nearest the street for scooters, skaters and cyclists. The parks close from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., and most of River Parks is policed by the Tulsa Police Department.
• The Gathering Place. Inside the park, scooters, bicycles, skates and powered ride vehicles are allowed only on the Skate Park, the BMX pump tracks and the Midland Valley and Riverside Trails, the Gathering Place says; mobility devices for guests who need them are the exception. The park is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and to 7 p.m. from 2 November to 18 December. Find a Lime nearby on the Tulsa map.

MetroLink buses, Aero and the University of Tulsa

• No Lime on MetroLink. MetroLink Tulsa, which runs the city’s buses, the Peoria Aero line (route 700) included, allows only battery-powered foldable bikes and scooters on board, folded, secured and clear of aisles, doors and emergency exits (rules updated 6 January 2025). Riding a scooter at any MetroLink property, bus stops, shelters, the Denver Avenue Station and the Midtown Memorial Station included, is not allowed.
• The University of Tulsa. TU’s parking regulations, updated on 15 November 2024, bind its students, faculty and staff on its lots, streets and grounds: on a sidewalk, yield to people walking; yield to traffic when you enter a university lot or street (a $5 fine for each); never ride inside a university building ($50 plus damage). Scooters may be left only at bike racks or in student rooms, never at building entrances, on walkway ramps or on grass, and charging a commercial scooter on campus is banned ($100 per device).

Did you know?

• The mayor rode first. The day before Lime started, on 25 October 2018, Mayor G.T. Bynum posted a video of himself riding a scooter through City Hall, thanking Bird and Lime for working with the City on “a model ordinance for other cities”, News On 6 reported.
• 600,000 rides in a year. In the scooters’ first year in Tulsa, almost 140,000 people took more than 600,000 rides, the City’s Nick Doctor told KTUL in October 2019.
• A point guard on a Lime. By 29 October 2019, a year after Lime arrived, University of Tulsa point guard George Christopoulos had taken close to 630 Lime trips, the most of any rider in Tulsa, Lime told KTUL.
• A trail from Sand Springs to Jenks. River Parks follows the Arkansas River from Sand Springs through Tulsa to Jenks, and most of its trail lights go off shortly after the 11 p.m. curfew, the River Parks Authority says.