Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
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Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
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Re: Lime and Bird are growing rapidly
#2I loved using Lime, but I can see cities banning it like SF. You aren't supposed to ride the scooter on side walks and many people do it. People just leave it in random places and I know some cities don't like this.
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#3Remind me again why they are allowed to litter all the public sidewalks and street corners with their scooters?
Regulation hasn't caught up yet?
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#4Translation: we are entering a scooter bubble.
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#5I loved using Lime, but I can see cities banning it like SF. You aren't supposed to ride the scooter on side walks and many people do it. People just leave it in random places and I know some cities don't like this.
SF allows scooters, but not Bird or Lime because of their conduct.
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#6Will be interesting if Uber or Lyft will postpone IPO in favor or buying one of them. Cant imagine it's possible to acquire one of them and still IPO in near future - but who knows. Exciting to see scooters and bikes get nice adoption! Changing the form factor to be more like a mini car (with at least a seat) would be neat, scooters just dont feel that safe.
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#7Stand up scooters feel so unstable. Why not just add a seat and allow a seated scooter that’s foldable. The problem with last mile transport is that the laws in many countries need electric bikes to have peddles and peddle assistance. Just let people have a certain power and max speed and they will drop the car and replace it with a powered scooter. Aka, China.
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#8I have friends in London and commuter towns buying scooters for their own use- despite knowing that they can’t ride them legally. There are none for hire here. When are they arriving?
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#9Remind me again why they are allowed to litter all the public sidewalks and street corners with their scooters? Regulation hasn't caught up yet?
Because people derive value from the service. It's faster than walking, more convenient than an Uber, and doesn't require a car.
Let's leave the "get off my lawn" comments off HN.
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#10Interestingly I just noticed Lime-branded Fiat cars in Seattle for the first time yesterday. Looks like they're taking on Car2Go and ReachNow.
Looks like it launched a couple weeks ago: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/bik...