In two weeks, San Francisco will ban any companies renting out shared, dockless scooters unless they have a permit

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• Starting on June 4, San Francisco will ban all scooters unless they have a permit.
• The SFMTA hopes to give out permits by the end of June, meaning that scooters will only be off the streets for a short period next month.
• Under the new permit guidelines, five companies will be given permits for up to 500 scooters each.

Starting on June 4, San Francisco is will ban all shared, dockless e-scooters in the city unless the companies operating them have a permit.

Permit applications, which will be given to five companies for 500 scooters each in a yearlong pilot program, opened up on Thursday and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency hopes to give them out by the end of June, meaning that scooters will only be banned for a short period next month.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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