The San Francisco-based tech giant, which so far has remained relatively silent on an issue that has blazed through the city, is helping fund the two separate pilot programs both aimed at improving access to safe e-bikes and batteries.
For the global city that has put the world on notice over the past decade for embracing sustainable transport, Paris recently took a disappointing step backward by enacting a ban on shared scooters, known locally as trottinettes.
Inaction by the two agencies could give state lawmakers or local municipalities a political opening to ban e-bike and e-scooter use completely on safety grounds, the group of state senators warned.