After Bird and Lime signed deals with some of the state's top-earning lobbying firms late last year, about 1,000 electric scooters appeared on Tallahassee's streets on July 15. The start of the city of Tallahassee's three-month E-scooter pilot program had begun, thanks to a micro-mobility bill signed by Governor DeSantis earlier this year. Tallahassee has recruited five vendors - Bird, Spin, Gotcha, VeoRide, and Lime - in a battle to survive the City's regulatory guidelines.