Bird, Lime stop scooter service to demonstration Uber, Lyft rankings

The scooter wars are warming up in SantaMonica

Bird and Lime momentarily stopped their scooter services in the Southern California city on Tuesday, in demonstration of the city preferring ride-hailing business Uber and Lyft for an electrical scooter and bike pilot program, according to Curbed LosAngeles

In a post, Lime states the city launched its suggestion for the pilot program on Friday, which prefers Lyft and Uber- owned Jump The program would slow down to 4 business run electrical scooters and bikes in the city.

“We feel our work in the Santa Monica community warrants a reconsideration of this recommendation,” the post checks out.

Lime tweeted about its scooter blackout Tuesday, stating “We’ve taken our fleet offline until 4:30pm locally in order to rally your support in opposition to the council’s recommendation. Don’t let a #LifeWithoutScooters be the future. Help City Hall make the right decision + take action right now.”

A Lime user tweeted a screenshot Tuesday revealing the business had actually called it “a day without scooters.”

Lime is “disappointed” by Santa Monica’s existing proposition, CEO Toby Sun stated in a declaration.

“We have on-the-ground experience operating shared scooters in Santa Monica and around the world, giving us the greatest readiness to fulfill the needs of residents without interruption when the pilot program begins,” Sun stated.

Dockless scooters appeared practically all of a sudden in the spring, when business released them on streets in locations like San Francisco and Los Angeles without getting specific consent from the cities. In San Francisco, 12 business are contending for 5 authorizations that would let them run in the city. In the meantime, they have actually needed to pull their scooters off the streets. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which is providing the authorizations, stated in June that it ‘d likely take up until completion of June to complete the authorizations, however it still hasn’t done so.

Uber and Lyft do not yet run scooters.

“We’re proud that our collaborative approach and Jump’s long history of working hand-in-hand with cities was the right one for Santa Monica,” an Uber agent stated. “We look forward to the opportunity to serve the city with new alternatives to personal car ownership.”

Bird began in Santa Monica, however its future there doubts, offered the city preparation department’s suggestion for the council to provide its pilot program allows to Uber andLyft

“The Lyft and Uber applications to operate e-scooter sharing programs in Santa Monica demonstrate the desperate lengths CO2 polluting companies will go to for the purpose of undermining clean energy competition,” Bird stated in a declaration. “We at Bird are dedicated to replacing car trips with clean energy trips and will continue to fight against car dependency alongside our loyal riders.”

Lyft and Santa Monica city preparation didn’t instantly react to ask for remark.

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First releasedAug 14, 1: 30 p.m. PT.
Update, 3: 13 p.m. PT: Adds remark fromBird Update, 3: 42 p.m. PT: Adds remark from Uber.