escooters

21 Dec 2023

Bird Scooters Fly Back into Trash! Chapter 11 Filed

Bird, the once high-flying electric scooter company, has officially taken a nosedive into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, marking the culmination of a tumultuous year for the “micromobility” giant. In a press release that dropped this week, Bird confirmed its entry into a “financial restructuring process aimed at strengthening its balance sheet,”

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27 Jun 2019

Banned Bird Scooters Sneak Back into San Francisco

Bird, one of the e-scooter companies that were kicked of San Francisco last year for dumping thousands of scooters on SF streets without permission, are slowly sneaking back into the city.  Despite not having permission, they’ve started renting their scooters (by the month) to SF residents (instead of by the

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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16 Apr 2019

SF to Double Number of Scooters on the Streets, Oh the HORROR!

We know that Notre Dame burned down, we know that our President is still Donald Trump, but they’ve finally gone too far. According to sources inside City Hall…San Francisco will ‘modestly expand the number of rental e-scooters allowed on city streets with an option to eventually double the total number

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18 Dec 2018

All the things that Died in 2018

In 2018 it became impossible to ignore that Salesforce not only bought a massive portion of our downtown, but also forever altered our city’s skyline.  Now every time I look at that glowing, corporate spike in the sky, (which is visible from nearly everywhere in the city now) I just think of all the empty storefronts bellow it

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11 Dec 2018

How to Properly Dispose E-Scooters

Like any good citizen, you want to dispose of your e-scooters quickly and safely, but you also want to be friendly to the environment.  So what do you do?  Well, you follow our handy, socially conscious, complete guide to properly disposing e-scooters. How to Recycle your E-scooter Gf just texted

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