"With this agreement, Bird and (Bird founder and CEO Travis) VanderZanden acknowledge that they failed to comply with the City of Santa Monica's business licensing requirements which are designed to protect the safety of the public."
With a population of less than 100,000 residents, Santa Monica is not a financially important market for Bird. But the clashes it has had with city regulators are emblematic of what it has encountered worldwide after expanding to more than 150 cities.
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Join Us at the Motivate SOCAL Emerging Mobility Summit
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