Electric scooter-share company Bird is expanding from southern California into San Francisco, San Jose and Washington DC. Meanwhile, its CEO, Travis VanderZanden, has launched a Save Our Sidewalks campaign, calling on other scooter and bike-sharing companies such as Ofo and MoBike to commit to a daily pick-up programme, responsible growth of vehicle fleets and revenue sharing with city governments. The electric scooter market in the US grew by more than 50% last year, according to research firm Parks Associates.
Electric scooter-share company Bird is expanding from southern California into San Francisco, San Jose and Washington DC. Meanwhile, its CEO, Travis VanderZanden, has launched a Save Our Sidewalks campaign, calling on other scooter and bike-sharing companies such as Ofo and MoBike to commit to a daily pick-up programme, responsible growth of vehicle fleets and revenue sharing with city governments. However, Ofo – the Chinese bike-sharing company operating in US cities – called on Bird to commit to safety first, to work with city governments and to wait for permission to operate rather than put unregulated e-scooters into service.