Scooter companies Bird and Lime restricted scooter use in certain areas to prevent a planned scooter takeover. This type of event involves a large group of people riding scooters together, which can disrupt traffic and flood public spaces. To prevent this, the companies placed a geofence in certain areas, preventing riders from renting or riding scooters.

Riders in affected areas may have seen no-go zones on their phones. Reduced-speed zones were also put in place in other areas. The companies worked with transportation and police departments to implement these measures.

Further details about the restrictions and the planned takeover are available from the source. The measures were reportedly successful in preventing the takeover.