I rode a Bird scooter for the first time last week in SF from the Ferry Building to my office on Montgomery. Setup in the app was easy, and I got the hang of th

I rode a Bird scooter for the first time last week in SF from the Ferry Building to my office on Montgomery. Setup in the app was easy, and I got the hang of the scooter in just a couple blocks. It made me want to go buy one for myself - I think the model Bird uses costs about $500. My biggest gripe with using the Bird scooters is that there aren't enough of them. I had to walk a couple blocks to get the one I rode, and at 5pm going back the other way there were none available near me - or the ones near me would be taken by the time I got to them. Just owning one solves that gripe, and $500 seems like a bargain when compared to the time spent walking, or the cost of parking, or the cost of taking Ubers around. So I for one welcome the electric scooter trend.