I live in a suburban area, and want a scooter in just two locations - one: next to the oil change/car repair and tire change places - where I’m going to be without a car for a number of hours. Two: close to the bars, so I can bar hop without the long walk or expense of an Uber...

Bird does a good job with the second, but seems to neglect the auto service locations. They seem to park their scooters next to the bus stops, which, if this were San Francisco, might make sense, but here, only poor people ride the bus and they’re unlikely to pay for a scooter. Now, they could offer geofenced price reductions for rides originating around these bus stops and increase utilization, but their current pricing prevents the poor from using the service.