Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
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Re: Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
#2Bird is a plague on cities. Good riddance.
Re: Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
#3I always thought S.F. would have made a great "city of the future" and ban cars and go full in on birds. Like https://culdesac.com/ (wow, when you look at the pictures from culdesac it looks like Sesame Street!)
Re: Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
#4In the world? My god, I own a business in Costa Rica. Don’t even try me.
Re: Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
#5I've noticed a significant drop in the availability of scooters where I live (a major European city) over the past year or so, including Bird exiting the market. Prices have increased substantially, and high-use subscription plans have disappeared.
I wonder how much of that is a change in regulations, and how much is the end of early price competition that was never sustainable.
Re: Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
#6I've noticed a significant drop in the availability of scooters where I live (a major European city) over the past year or so, including Bird exiting the market. Prices have increased substantially, and high-use subscription plans have disappeared. I wonder how much of that is a change in regulations, and how much is the end of early price competition that was never sustainable.
It's all the second thing. The economics never made sense. It doesn't have one damned thing to do with "onerous regulations". It has to do with bird losing $300 million on revenues of $70 million.
Re: Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
#7It seems in the US regulations seem to be spun as something negative by all major news outlets.
For me this reads like sensible government policy at work. If the fines of cleanup eat into profits and are not just a minuscule cost of doing business, they set it just right instead of plain forbid it outright.
Re: Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
#8I always thought S.F. would have made a great "city of the future" and ban cars and go full in on birds. Like https://culdesac.com/ (wow, when you look at the pictures from culdesac it looks like Sesame Street!)
Notably without children. Just adults and their annoying dogs.
If it doesn’t have schools, sports, and recreation for kids, it’s a dystopia.
Re: Bird leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world
#9I always thought S.F. would have made a great "city of the future" and ban cars and go full in on birds. Like https://culdesac.com/ (wow, when you look at the pictures from culdesac it looks like Sesame Street!)
God no, invest in building out the trains and public transit. Scooters are just toys. Get a public transit like the NYC subways and it will change the city forever.
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