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It's strange that even though SF approved 2 scooter companies to operate that I feel like I rarely see anyone actually use vs what I saw when Bird/Lime were her

It's strange that even though SF approved 2 scooter companies to operate that I feel like I rarely see anyone actually use vs what I saw when Bird/Lime were here.

lucasmullens 8y ago
Scoot removed a bunch of them due to theft. I believe they're trying to figure out a locking mechanism before ramping up again.
- conanbatt 8y ago
  To be fair, after seeing homeless people playing around with them and even peeing on them, im not getting close to any of them.
  - the_clarence 8y ago
    Good luck living in SF if you care about homeless people.
dilap 8y ago
SF didn't want to make BART feel bad by providing actual competent transit options, so we got the joke that is Skip/Scoot. Seriously, this city has convinced me democracy doesn't work. Maybe China should regime change us. Edit: stingrae points lack of availability may be the City's fault, rather than Skip/Scoot. No sé -- but for sure the city's intervention took a useful, environmentally friendly transit option and made it non-useful.
- stingrae 8y ago
  Out of curiosity, what is your issue with skip/scoot? All the services seems to be similar to me?
  - dilap 8y ago
    I haven't tried 'em in a bit, so to be fair, maybe it's better now. But last time I tried: Scooter coverage was too sparse to be useful. If you did try to chase down one of the sparsely scattered scooters, usually it would be missing. No way to make it play a sound to help locate it, no way to report it was missing. Gave up and just kept skating everywhere. Whereas I found Lime and Bird to be a practical alternative mode of transport, before they got kicked out.
    - stingrae 8y ago
      That sounds like a different issue. SF limited the number of scooters each company, Skip/Scoot, could deploy. When Bird and Lime launched in the city they had no limits, so they flooded it with scooters.
      - dilap 8y ago
        Good point.
  - the_clarence 8y ago
    Require a driver license.
paxys 8y ago
It's because the two companies currently allowed to operate are pretty shitty compared to Bird and Lime.
the_clarence 8y ago
Because you need a driver license to ride them. This is so stupid...

It's strange that even though SF approved 2 scooter companies to operate that I feel like I rarely see anyone actually use vs what I saw when Bird/Lime were here.

lucasmullens 8y ago

Scoot removed a bunch of them due to theft. I believe they're trying to figure out a locking mechanism before ramping up again.

conanbatt 8y ago
To be fair, after seeing homeless people playing around with them and even peeing on them, im not getting close to any of them.
- the_clarence 8y ago
  Good luck living in SF if you care about homeless people.

dilap 8y ago

SF didn't want to make BART feel bad by providing actual competent transit options, so we got the joke that is Skip/Scoot. Seriously, this city has convinced me democracy doesn't work. Maybe China should regime change us. Edit: stingrae points lack of availability may be the City's fault, rather than Skip/Scoot. No sé -- but for sure the city's intervention took a useful, environmentally friendly transit option and made it non-useful.

stingrae 8y ago
Out of curiosity, what is your issue with skip/scoot? All the services seems to be similar to me?
- dilap 8y ago
  I haven't tried 'em in a bit, so to be fair, maybe it's better now. But last time I tried: Scooter coverage was too sparse to be useful. If you did try to chase down one of the sparsely scattered scooters, usually it would be missing. No way to make it play a sound to help locate it, no way to report it was missing. Gave up and just kept skating everywhere. Whereas I found Lime and Bird to be a practical alternative mode of transport, before they got kicked out.
  - stingrae 8y ago
    That sounds like a different issue. SF limited the number of scooters each company, Skip/Scoot, could deploy. When Bird and Lime launched in the city they had no limits, so they flooded it with scooters.
    - dilap 8y ago
      Good point.
- the_clarence 8y ago
  Require a driver license.

paxys 8y ago

It's because the two companies currently allowed to operate are pretty shitty compared to Bird and Lime.

the_clarence 8y ago

Because you need a driver license to ride them. This is so stupid...