The San Francisco Scooter War

San Francisco Magazine Lexi Pandell Illustrations by Michael Byers In their race to roll across San Francisco, electric-scooter companies Scoot and Skip took a surprising route: playing nice with the city. The bustling city wakes. Fog curls over the landscape. Unsuspecting commuters drive or BART to work, blearily clutching cups of coffee. Schoolkids line up for the yellow buses. Bicyclists pedal obliviously. All the while, outside forces bide their time. Then—suddenly—they strike, swarming ...