Recently, San Francisco announced that it was planning to expand its permit program so that it could accommodate Ford’s Spin, Uber’s jump, and Lime organizations whose operations were previously barred in the City. However, the expansion for the operators to function in the City is not all good news. Skip, which was in the City’s pilot program, was handed a permit but later sent messages to their customer, notifying them that they have ceased offering their service.
The company noted in a text message that at the beginning of October 15th, Skip scooter’s rentable services was not going to be a part of San Francisco’s Pilot program for 2019-2020. The company went on to thank their customers, expressing heartfelt gratitude for giving them a chance to serve them and also invest in their hometown. Skip signed off and wished their customers well.
Skip was among two firms that were awarded a permit to function in the City of San Francisco in the 2018 Pilot program. The other company that was awarded the permit was scoot. However, with the emergence of other 2500 additional scooters in the City, which took place this week, Skip decided to call it quits. According to reports, the organization has remained functional in other cities like San Diego, Washington, and Austin. Sanjay Dastoor, Skip’s Chief Executive, has laid blame on San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency. Sanjay noted that Skip was one of the two operators that functioned in the City. Sanjay expressed his agitation, saying that despite being among the two operators who functioned under Francisco’s pilot program, they were the only ones who were not selected for the upcoming year expansion.
The Chief Executive announced that the past two weeks have been both awful and humbling for the entire team. Sanjay noted that Skip frequently sought guidance from the City’s transportation authority. However, when they sought out the way forward for their permission to be renewed, they experienced no breakthrough. Just like what happens with all other permit grantees, Skip didn’t receive any notification. They were not admitted into the program. Sanjay said that he was shocked to have read the news on the press. He went on to say that kind of disrespect and thoughtlessness left them no choice but to scramble, humble, and try to respond to their panicked employees. Dastoor claimed that San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency dodged all their requests for the two parties to meet.
