Public and official Backlash against escooters in LA

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...hailed as a solution to urban gridlock when they first arrived in Los Angeles a year ago, Bird and Lime scooters now find themselves on the receiving end of a public and bureaucratic backlash — especially on the Westside, where they’ve established a buzzing omnipresence.
In Venice, where Bird is headquartered, City Council members voted to cap the number of scooters on city streets while officials craft longer-term regulations. Beverly Hills officials ordered them banned for six months. Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz asked officials last week to take “all available measures” to outlaw the scooters within the city.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bird-scooter-vandalism-20180809-story.html#
 
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Wow seriously?

I can't read LA news? LoL
 
eee291 said:
Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism.

Wow seriously?

I can't read LA news? LoL

It's probably because they violate user privacy to a degree that's prohibited in the EU. Be glad not to interact with businesses like that.
 
But i guess those scooters are nothing compared to China's problem with share bikes..
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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/
 
Starting a company like that can get you banned from hotels and airplanes.

https://www.economist.com/business/2019/01/26/lessons-from-the-fall-of-chinas-bike-sharing-pioneer
 
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