The post Santa Monica will allow Lime, Bird, Lyft and JUMP to operate e-scooters appeared first on BardTech . The city of Santa Monica has officially awarded Bird , Lime , Lyft and J UMP Bikes , which Uber acquired in April , permits to operate both electric scooters and/or bikes in the city as part of its 16-month pilot program beginning September 17. The city will allow Bird and Lime to each manage 750 scooters. Lyft and JUMP were granted permission to release 250 scooters each, as well as 500 bikes. In San Francisco, which is similarly launching a scooter pilot program this fall, city leaders chose Skip and Scoot as their official scooter providers. Earlier this month, the committee had officially recommended to David Martin, the city’s director of planning and community development, that only Lyft and JUMP receive permits . Lime and Bird, however, followed up immediately with a protest , asking their riders to speak out against the recommen...