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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Are we in an e-scooter bubble?

    Not so long ago, a scooter was something a kid would ride down the street. Now adults everywhere are hopping on motorized scooters from Bird, Lime, Uber, and Lyft.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 13, 2018 • 1 min read

    Not so long ago, a scooter was something a kid would ride down the street. Now adults everywhere are hopping on motorized scooters from Bird, Lime, Uber, and Lyft. So many of them are clogging sidewalks these days that Wall Street investors are starting to pull back.

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    3. 22:58LA has new rules for Airbnb
    4. 29:01Are we in an e-scooter bubble?You’re reading this
    5. 37:32How California’s Katie Hill and Katie Porter are preparing for their new roles in Congress
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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    The connection between Brexit and The Jungle Book
    1. 0:00What’s next for British Prime Minister Theresa May and Brexit?
    2. 8:36‘We live in a world of division:’ actor Andy Serkis on linking Brexit and ‘Mowgli’
    3. 22:58LA has new rules for Airbnb
    4. 29:01Are we in an e-scooter bubble?You’re reading this
    5. 37:32How California’s Katie Hill and Katie Porter are preparing for their new roles in Congress
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