One huge thing in Bird's favor: Super, super easy to use.

I had literally never ridden a scooter in my life and after watching a quick little "how to ride" thing on my phone as part of my first check-out on the Bird app, I was off in no time flat and had zero issues on my entire ride.

And that was the very first time using the app or the scooter. From here on in, you just fire up the app, scan the scooter barcode and take off.

The fact you don't have to dock it anywhere in particular or even return it to where you rented is also a massive advantage.


I look forward to Lime and maybe Bird working things out with the city and can see how these will be a huge plus in getting people around in the core, and will have the longer term effect of just getting people out and about in general.