Bird and Lime: The Electric Scooter Sharing Boom (2017-2020)

1. Lime launches shared mobility at UNCG

   Jun 1, 2017Labels: Lime, University of

   • Lime Wiki

2. Bird and Lime emerge as new micromobility startups

   Sep 1, 2017Labels: Bird, Lime

   • Bird Global
   • Lime Wiki
   • WIRED

3. Bird’s first scooters appear in Santa Monica

   Sep 1, 2017Labels: Bird, Santa Monica

   • WIRED
   • Bird Global

4. Lime’s scooters pop up in San Francisco

   Mar 17, 2018Labels: Lime, San Francisco

   • SFBay
   • CNBC

5. San Francisco orders major scooter operators to stop

   Apr 16, 2018Labels: San Francisco, Bird

   • Fortune
   • SmartCitiesDive

6. Lime rebrands and signals bigger scooter push

   May 17, 2018Labels: Lime, Segway

   • PR Newswire

7. Paris launches Lime e-scooter sharing

   Jun 22, 2018Labels: Lime, Paris

   • Euronews

8. Bird confirms major round amid rapid expansion

   Jun 28, 2018Labels: Bird, Sequoia Capital

   • Axios
   • WIRED

9. Uber invests in Lime and adds scooters to app

   Jul 9, 2018Labels: Lime, Uber

   • VentureBeat
   • CNBC

10. San Francisco permits return—excluding Bird and Lime

    Aug 30, 2018Labels: San Francisco, Skip

    • WIRED
    • CNBC

11. Santa Monica opens regulated pilot including Bird and Lime

    Sep 17, 2018Labels: Santa Monica, Bird

    • Santa Monica
    • SmartCitiesDive

12. Santa Monica pilot scales up under performance caps

    Sep 1, 2019Labels: Santa Monica, Shared Mobility

    • Santa Monica Blog

13. COVID-19 disrupts scooter demand and business models

    Mar 27, 2020Labels: COVID-19, Bird

    • Streetsblog
    • WIRED