Washington, DC (CNN Business) Bird's electric scooters are returning to San Francisco this week, nine months after the city unceremoniously kicked them out. despite not having formal government approval. The Santa Monica, California-based startup that pioneered electric scooter-sharing is launching a monthly rental program in San Franciscodespite not having formal government approval. For regular riders, it's a more affordable option than renting one of the city's shared e-scooters or taking most others modes of transportation. But Skip, one of Bird's competitors that was granted a permit to operate shared e-scooters in San Francisco, is crying foul.

Source: CNN May 15, 2019 09:45 UTC