https://phys.org/news/2018-07-cities-bird-electric-scooters-kansas.html

The company tracks the scooters using GPS, and pays designated "chargers" between $5 and $20 to pick up the scooters and charge them at home. Then they bring them to their "nests" scattered in downtown, the Crossroads, River Market and 18th and Vine.

For John Ruhlman, the flexibility and easy money of being a "charger" is appealing, and he and about 30 other people attended a launch event by the airport where they learned more about the company.