HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On a typical Friday night, shops like ERYD rent scooters to downtown Houston patrons. But after the city enacted an electric scooter curfew, there's a row of them parked outside with no customers.

In late November, the city of Houston banned scooters from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. across the city, with a few exceptions, after noticing an increase in accidents since 2021.

"8 p.m. is when they start trickling in and 9, 10, and 11 are your highest volume hours, so by cutting out those three additional hours, you're essentially taking out 80-90 percent of their business," said Bret Hightower, lobbyist for Legal Scooter Coalition.

Hightower says many scooter companies have lost money since the ban started.

While he's on board with making the streets of Houston safer, he a

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