The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s permitting process for electric scooters is already hitting the skids, with board member Art Torres raising questions about whether the agency went too far in rejecting bids from Lyft and Uber-owned Jump by allegedly downgrading them for bad behavior related to their ride-hailing services.
Torres said Lyft lobbyist Alex Tourk told him the ride-service company initially scored at the top of MTA’s applicant list, but later fell out of contention after the the board authorized staff to consider a company’s full history of doing business with the city.
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