Sentences with phrase «bird electric scooter»

I arrived yesterday, and it's very clear the Bird electric scooter trend has exploded in popularity.

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The on - demand electric - scooter startup Bird on Thursday accused the city of San Francisco of trying to shut it down.

Travis VanderZanden, chief executive of electric scooter start - up Bird, is unperturbed by how San Francisco and other cities are in an uproar over the dockless vehicles.

The founder of electric scooter startup Bird, Travis VanderZanden, seems to be taking his cues from another Travis.

that Bird and Spin use rebranded versions of the Chinese company Xiaomi's Mi electric scooter, and LimeBike uses a proprietary design that appears to be based on one copied by dozens of Asian companies.

Quartz uncovered that Bird and Spin use rebranded versions of the Chinese company Xiaomi's Mi electric scooter, and LimeBike uses a proprietary design that appears to be based on one copied by dozens of Asian companies.

The bill, authored by Assembly Member Heath Flora and sponsored by electric scooter startup Bird, seeks to allow top speeds of 20 mph, let people ride them on sidewalks and only require minors to wear helmets.

In separate letters to Spin, Lime and Bird today, the SFMTA let each company know it is aware they have respectively placed shared electric scooters on the sidewalks.

This comes after the SF Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance for the SFMTA to create a permitting process to better regulate the plethora of electric scooters from Bird, Lime and Spin.

A Bird scooter recently inspected by Quartz in San Francisco bore a product sticker on the base that read, «Mi Electric Scooter.»

While VanderZanden calls Bird «first to do dockless electric scooters,» competition is springing up around it — fast.

Now, Bird, the company founded by former Uber and Lyft executive Travis VanderZanden, is pushing legislation that would sidestep those concerns by making it legal to ride electric scooters on sidewalks.

In separate letters to Spin, Lime and Bird today, the SFMTA let each company know it is aware they have respectively placed shared electric scooters on the sidewalks.

Bird has made another key hire as it looks to spread its electric scooter rental business across the nation.

A JUMP bike alongside a Bird scooter in San FranciscoEarlier this year, the SFMTA granted an exclusive, 18 - month permit to electric bike - sharing startup JUMP.