https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/05/27/how-bay-area-streets-encapsulate-the-acceleration-and-wreckage-of-the-volatile-escooter-industry/

BERKELEY — E-scooters aren’t hard to find, whether they’re zipping down city streets, cluttering public sidewalks or sitting, half-submerged, in a neighborhood pond.

But hundreds of the shareable electric scooters have vanished across the Bay Area in recent years — a pivot from industry promises to revolutionize micromobility in an eco-friendly, affordable way.