(Portland, OR) -- Lime says a record number of people rode their e-scooters last year in Portland. There were one-point-two million rides, which is a 34 percent increase over 2023. August was the biggest month with 152-thousand rides. Portland made the program permanent last year. Since the program started in 2018, there have been nearly four-and-a-half million rides with 700-thousand people using the e-scooters.