After a year, Lime boasts 6 million scooter and bike rides

Love it or hate it, it's been a year since bike-shares flooded the United States. 

Other countries, such as China and Australia, were already inundated with the services, which let users unlock bicycles with a smartphone and leave them anywhere when they’re done. (They’re called “dockless” since they don’t have to be locked to a dock.)  But the U.S. didn’t see them until this year. 

Lime, which used to be called LimeBike, is celebrating one year in business. It offers bikes, motorized scooters, and electric-assist bicycles in 70 cities. So far, people have taken more than 6 million rides on its vehicles in the U.S. and Europe. Read more...