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Electric scooters are flooding California, and they’ll be on your sidewalks soon

Electric scooters are flooding California, and they’ll be on your sidewalks soon

Depending on who you ask, the electric, internet-connected scooters appearing all over California are either the future of transportation or a public nuisance on par with a biblical plague. Over the past few weeks, scooters primarily from three startups—Bird, LimeBike, and Spin—have flooded the streets of greater Los Angeles and San Francisco. The companies, which…