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March 31, 2005 - 6:34am
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WASHINGTON -- There's a new way to avoid the foot traffic and scoot around Downtown Washington.

City Scooter Tours will be offering a motorized, narrated tour starting May 23, visiting over 50 of the city's most famous tourist attractions, including the Capitol, White House, Lincoln Memorial, and Washington Monument.

City Scooter Tours is the first in the nation to offer motorized electric scooter tours.

Steven Marks with City Scooter Tours says they are designed to make it easier for the elderly and people with limited mobility to see the sights.

"These scooters are kind of the Hummer. They have big, large wheels. They are made to kind of hop over grass, not to limit people to the sidewalks", says Marks. He also says that anyone who sits on one of these scooters is considered a pedestrian.

The company says they have ordered 50 additional scooters for Memorial Day weekend, when thousands of veterans are expected to descend on D.C. for the World War II Memorial dedication.

(Copyright 2004 by WTOP Radio. All Rights Reserved.)

WASHINGTON -- There's a new way to avoid the foot traffic and scoot around Downtown Washington.

City Scooter Tours will be offering a motorized, narrated tour starting May 23, visiting over 50 of the city's most famous tourist attractions, including the Capitol, White House, Lincoln Memorial, and Washington Monument.

City Scooter Tours is the first in the nation to offer motorized electric scooter tours.

Steven Marks with City Scooter Tours says they are designed to make it easier for the elderly and people with limited mobility to see the sights.

"These scooters are kind of the Hummer. They have big, large wheels. They are made to kind of hop over grass, not to limit people to the sidewalks", says Marks. He also says that anyone who sits on one of these scooters is considered a pedestrian.

The company says they have ordered 50 additional scooters for Memorial Day weekend, when thousands of veterans are expected to descend on D.C. for the World War II Memorial dedication.

(Copyright 2004 by WTOP Radio. All Rights Reserved.)


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