JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin receive permissions to use scooters in SF – TechCrunch

The electric scooter providers JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin have just obtained the permits allowing them to operate their respective services in San Francisco as of October 15, 2019 *. This is part of the city's long-term licensing program for electric scooters.

Each scooter vendor will be able to initially deploy 1,000 scooters, with a potential deployment of 2,500 scooters. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency estimates that this should double the number of covered service areas.

Under this program, the SFMTA requires all scooters to be locked and each company has stated that it will employ full-time and part-time W-2 workers for its operations.

"We look forward to meeting the commitments that we believe are essential to building a strong partnership, including by recruiting locally, investing in the community and ensuring that our transportation services are distributed equitably throughout the city," writes Spin. in a blog.

In total, eleven operators applied for permits. The SFMTA has noted them in standards, safety, prices, operations, safety, use and qualification of vehicles, experience and qualifications, etc.

Skip, who previously had the right to operate shared scooters in San Francisco, has not been licensed this time.

"As stated in the license application, evaluation sheet and guidance, applicants were to receive an average score of 2 or more for each of the eight sections of the application, or would be excluded from the application. subsequent evaluation, "writes the SFMTA. his rejection letter to Skip. "Staff thoroughly reviewed the 11 applications received, including those from Skip Transport, Inc.. Application for a license from Skip Transport, Inc.
was refused because she obtained an average mark below the required threshold of 2 in section A of the application and was therefore declared unfit for further evaluation. "

In a statement to TechCrunch, Skip said, "We respect the process and comments of SFMTA. We look forward to addressing areas of improvement with SFMTA according to their review process and schedule. We are proud to have contributed to the success of the first scooter pilot project in San Francisco and the development of this program in the coming year. "

Lyft's particular is seen denied a license to operate shared electric scooters. Although Lyft performed very well overall, the SFMTA stated that it determined that the number of operators was correct.

* An earlier version of this story said 2020. My bad.