In May of this year, Bird E-Scooters launched a pilot project in Windsor with 500 e-scooters available. Lyons said the response has been positive with at least 60,000 rides since it first launched however the company agreed to hold a safety demonstration after complaints of misuse and stolen scooters began to emerge. Early activity has calmed down
At the beginning of May, the company deployed about 200 e-scooters in Windsor for the first time. After a few days, approximately 10 per cent of the scooters had gone missing.
The company was able to track some of the scooters through GPS devices but some were located in surprising areas.
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