BIRD and LIME are using a guerrilla marketing approach - just drop the scooters in a city and build ridership so the city will have to allow them. Unfortunately, that often causes problems. BIRD tried this approach in Salt Lake City. The city notified BIRD that they needed to talk to the city to gain a permit and business license. The main issue with the scooters in SLC is people riding on the sidewalk. The BIRD scooters even say on the foot board, "Do not ride on the sidewalk" and there is also a message that appears in the app with the same text when you rent a scooter. LIME has only recently added a similar message to their app. The scooters are convenient, but if people don't stop riding on the sidewalks, SLC can pull the conditional operating permits and force the scooters to be removed. There just needs to be better education regarding where you can ride them. I think putting "Do not ride on the sidewalk" on the handlebars would be a great first step.