Category: bay area

Revel’s electric mopeds come to San Francisco amid growing safety concerns

[ad_1] Despite ongoing safety concerns about its platform, Revel is expanding into San Francisco. As The Verge notes, Monday’s announcement is not the electric moped rental company’s first expansion into the Bay Area; it also operates in Berkeley and across the Bay Bridge in Oakland. But San Francisco area users will have access to a […]

Alphabet’s Verily shows how its drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites work

[ad_1] First, Verily asks that you complete an online screener. If you qualify for a test, you’ll get an appointment time. When you arrive, you’ll check in and show your license through your closed car window. Then, staff will match your ID with a lab kit and attach the info to your windshield. You’ll drive […]

Lyft now offers public transit directions in the Bay Area

[ad_1] The firm’s transit integrations are still limited to nine major cities, including New York City, Los Angeles and Seattle. It could be a long while before you can assume you’ll have these directions in most urban hubs. The Bay Area addition is still huge, though. In addition to serving a large population (7.75 million […]

San Francisco’s grand plan to ban online e-cigarette sales

[ad_1] The board passed the legislation on Tuesday, and San Francisco Mayor London Breed has 10 days to sign it. She’s already said she will. When that happens, San Francisco will be the first US city to ban the sale of e-cigarettes. But, in a digital-first world, what does vaping prohibition actually look like? The […]