https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/28/scooter-company-serving-san-jose-detects-when-youre-illegally-riding-on-sidewalks/

As officials across the country try to stop electric scooter riders from swerving in between pedestrians on busy sidewalks, one company has come up with what it thinks could be the answer.

Lime — the scooter company with the largest fleet in San Jose — announced Tuesday that it had developed first-of-its-kind technology to detect when riders are traveling on a sidewalk rather than on a street or in a bike lane.