Bird buys Scoot - and a back door into San Francisco´s rental scooter market
(LA Times Clippers)

Perpetual gridlock in Los Angeles and San Francisco has inspired a booming industry of on-demand electric rental scooters, now a familiar sight whizzing along sidewalks and bike lanes in cities around the world. But there´s a limit to how much congestion the e-scooter market can bear. In a deal...