Electric scooter permits will be required in San Francisco

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted today to approve the ordinance that looks to regulate electric scooters in San
Francisco
The ordinance seeks to establish regulation and a permitting process that would enable the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency or
brouhaha has been really the function of the fact, which was admitted yesterday, was that some of these companies have been a little bit
is referencing the fact that Lime, Spin and Bird deployed their respective scooters without permission from the city
The permitting scheme the city has in mind, Peskin said, is very similar to the one San Francisco has in place around stationless
serve some benefits to people in San Francisco, but that it does not mean the city should have to sacrifice its sidewalk space
The next step is for the BOS to continue working with the SFMTA to develop this regulation
At a hearing yesterday, the SFMTA said it hopes to open up the permitting process by May 1.Earlier in the meeting today, the BOS adopted a
resolution to develop a working group to inform future legislation around emerging technologies
would be to ensure the city is mindful of both the intended and unintended consequences of emerging technologies.Yesterday, SF City Attorney
Spin
provide helmets to users, which will we able for pickup starting April 22
Similar to Bird, Lime will also start requiring people to submit a photo of their properly parked scooter at the end of the ride
operations in San Francisco