According to Dan Primack, Lime, the micro-mobility company partially owned by Uber, on Friday filed for an IPO.
Last-mile/First-MileE-scooter company Lime files for IPO
llustration:Rebecca Zisser / Axios
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Here In Mesa eScooters Are Risks & Threats to Public Safety
In spite of trying the "Raise Less of A Ruckus" approach to this issue of threats to public safety posed by dumping these
"environmentally-friendly" alternative modes of transportation,
The image to the right, taken outside now-closed Harvest Market on Main Street clearly shows another eScooter left in the public right-of-way.
- Randazzo also reports that unlike Lime and Bird [2 of the other venture-capital funded companies who dumped eScooters on the sidewalks, Uber reached out to the cities beforehand, rather than dropping the scooters off unannounced.
Blogger Note: Every day I see users of eScooters operating them on the sidwalks, not on the streets at the same time there are clearly-marked warnings to WALK YOUR WHEELS.
Apparently there is no monitoring or enforcement of the regulations!
Yesterday yours truly witnessed a very ugly confrontation between an eScooter user barreling along on the sidewalk in front of Antique Plaza and a family man walking his baby carriage and two dogs when he point-black told the eScooter-user she was dangerous to his safety and posed a threat. It turned into a loud, shouting, profanity-infused and angry stand-off. When one of the owners of Antique Plaza stepped-out hearing the loud shouting, I asked him how many times he's witnessed eScooter users whizzing-by in violation of state state statutes. . . many times. Did he complain? Yes - to who? The Downtown Merchants Association.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
BIRD MICRO-MOBILITY: Not Quite That "First Mile/Last Mile '' Sustainable Transportation Solution
The downsizing of the business comes a few months after Bird laid off 23% of its staff in an attempt to become more financially self-sustainable and achieve profitability . . ", in the short-term the current macroeconomic conditions have created an environment that requires us to increase our level of financial discipline and make a clear distinction between markets where we see a near-term path to fully self-sustainable operations, and those which appear to be longer-term, riskier investments. This decision will allow us to intensify our focus towards cities and countries that have put the right regulatory framework and business environment in place. . ."
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Bird exits Germany, Sweden, Norway and 'several dozen' US, EMEA markets
Shared micromobility company Bird is exiting several markets across the world as it struggles to build an economically viable business, according to a regulatory filing.
Bird said it will “fully exit Germany, Sweden and Norway, as well as wind down operations in “several dozen additional, primarily small to mid-sized markets” across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to the company. Bird would not respond to requests for more information from TechCrunch, so it’s not clear which cities Bird will exit. However, the only Middle Eastern market Bird is in is Israel, and Bird doesn’t appear to be in any African countries.
The downsizing of the business comes a few months after Bird laid off 23% of its staff in an attempt to become more financially self-sustainable and achieve profitability.. .
