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exciting transportation beyond the longer car trips it already offers
Renting scooters or bikes from the same app as its car rideshare options would allow it to compete with dedicated last mile provides like
It would also help it keep up with Uber, which recently acquired electric bikeshare startup JUMP.The screenshots show a map you can browse
Chronicle reports have applied for five dockless scooter permits from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Bird, Razor, Scoot, Ofo, Skip, CycleHop, Ridecell, and USSCooter
SF recently banned scooter rentals after an unregulated invasion by several of these companies saw the vehicles strewn in sidewalks,
But Axios reports Uber is trying to muscle in with its own bid, which could block Lyft or at least force it to pay a higher price
Lyft already offers bike rentals in Baltimore, but only through the Baltimore Bike Share app, not its own.Some might see all this premature,
with scooter rentals existing in few cities and considerable backlash from some citizens
But given the alternatives are either slow walking, or ridesharing that can increase traffic congestion, create more carbon emissions, and
be quite expensive for short trips, many who give scooters a shot are finding them quite pleasant.A driver displays Uber and Lyft ride
sharing signs in his car windscreen in Santa Monica, California, United States , May 23, 2016
About a half dozen ride-hailing firms have rushed into Texas tech hub Austin after market leaders Uber and Lyft left the city a little over
a monthago in a huff over municipal requirements that they fingerprint drivers
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/FilesHopefully, cities will focus on giving permits to dockless bike and scooter companies willing to incentivize
access to markets with these vehicles.If those permits or acquisitions come through, Lyft clearly wants to move fast to get last mile
