San Francisco startup Scoot, known for its fleet of red electric mopeds, wants to add e-bike rentals in the city. But it can’t. San Francisco won’t issue any more permits for dockless e-bikes until summer 2019 at the earliest. Only Jump Bikes, which was recently                     acquired by Uber  , has permission to offer dockless e-bikes                    in the city                   , under an 18-month trial program.

San Francisco startup Scoot, known for its fleet of red electric mopeds, wants to add e-bike rentals in the city. But it can’t. San Francisco won’t issue any more permits for dockless e-bikes until summer 2019 at the earliest. Only Jump Bikes, which was recently acquired by Uber , has permission to offer dockless e-bikes in the city , under an 18-month trial program.

Scoot’s e-bike sharing plan hits bureaucratic wall in SF

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