Did Bird pay the fine and get them all back, or is the City going to dump the 500+ scooters back on the auction market?
(https://pilotonline.com/news/local/article_4ae2e0b0-e2c4-11e8-ba93-7f29d5b38875.html was latest update I could find)
For friends wondering why you'd want one:
https://boingboing.net/2018/12/08/flipping-a-bird.html
:)
Posted Feb 27, 2019, 4:59 PM UTC
I hate that Norfolk did this. This is a really cool idea for a city. My wife and I went to Denver and they were all over the place. We zipped around the city and had so much fun. Wish we could have the same here.
I was under the impression that they just didn't abide by some policy. They just dropped them around town rather than get city approval. I'm sure the city would be down had they gone through the correct avenues
Same. I was in Austin for a week last October and having the scooters was phenomenal. Drastically cut down on Uber/Lyft usage and they're so clean and quiet compared to automobiles. They're never going to replace cars for every situation, but what a great intermediate short distance travel method.
Yeah but in terms of clean, what do these get you that a bike doesn't? And it's not like they really go any faster than a bike can.
Not having to be responsible for the bike, for one. It’s nice to pay like a dollar something to go a couple of blocks.
But they already have that for real bikes. As long as that exists, I don't see how these can really be branded as green.
Exactly! Lyft actually had scooters in Denver and IMO were the best ones. I feel like Norfolk (and Virginia for that matter) isn’t progressive or “cool” enough for this kind of thing. Virginia as a whole is just so behind other states.
God forbid the city enforce the law?
Bird and Lime could be all over the place, they just need to actually register to pay taxes and shit for doing business in the city, like *every other business* in the City.
They are a real nuisance in bigger cities. No designated drop off area so people just leave them everywhere. At least theres bike racks most places for those bikes with no designated drop off. Impeding traffic in the road and running people off the sidewalk. Sidewalks downtown are congested enough
that would be rad to outfit one, repaint it and zoom around for free
I'd be really interested in this.
Oh man. I'd love one of these. Please update if you find Ann auction date
Are they driveable on their own? I figured the app would lock them down unless some purchase signal was sent
Read the second link :)
Bird got them back. Sorry, man.
https://pilotonline.com/news/government/local/article_d7849a62-4058-11e9-a3ad-6bb22d549cec.html
DAMNIT
Interested
I'd totally go for this. These seem easy enough to hack for personal use
I would love to scoop a couple up at auction