E-scooters just started to return, but Lime, Bird pull them amid protests

Electric scooters are off the streets again.

First, the coronavirus outbreak prompted scooter-share companies to remove the devices in March. Just recently more of the two-wheelers were starting to be available to rent again. Now protests in most American cities are keeping the scooters off the road again. Last week George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, igniting protests against police brutality. 

Bird and Scoot, both with scooters in cities that are now under curfew like Santa Monica and San Francisco, decided to remove its vehicles where it wasn't considered safe in a bid to comply with any curfews. The company is working with local government agencies to decide when it's safe to bring the scooters back. Read more...