Scooter Company Bird Offers to Pay Cities to Build Bike Lanes

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By Angie SchmittAug 2, 2018, 3:19 pm481 ptsHot
Bird, the scooter start-up that became a Silicon Valley unicorn seemingly overnight, wants to chip in to fund bike lanes in cities. Patrick Sisson at Curbed reports that the company has pledged to contribute $1 per scooter per day into a fund that will pay for projects that carve out street space where its…

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