Report: More scooters being released on San Francisco streets

Monday, December 16, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco has expanded its e-scooter program and that means an additional 750 scooters are now being allowed on city streets.

According to a report in SFist, Spin, Lime and Jump were each allowed to release an additional 250 scooters each starting Sunday.
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The scooters can be found in several neighborhoods including the Mission, Castro, Bay View and near San Francisco State University.

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A total of 4,000 scooters will be allowed on city streets by February 2020.
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The expansion comes months after the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency decided to make a scooter pilot program in the city permanent.

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