‘Major frustration’: E-scooter company hopes parking restrictions loosen in Mississauga [Video]

A Mississauga resident was initially excited to rent a Lime scooter for a late-night ride home from the City Centre a few weeks ago, but ended up in a predicament when he couldn’t find an approved parking spot close to his intended destination.

Trying to end the ride was a lengthy and frustrating process. But eventually he got to a spot and was able to stop the ride, albeit not in a place that was anywhere close to his home and after some difficulties with the physical locking system. Only an Uber ride was able to get him where he needed to be.

And now one of the companies involved in Mississauga’s new e-scooter network says the number of parking restrictions in the city has been a point of “major frustration” for users.

Austin Spademan, the head of Bird Canada government partnerships, told INsauga.com that the company is hoping the …