Travis VanderZanden, the chief executive of electric scooter company Bird Rides, surveyed the new indoor park at his office one morning this week. While the space is still under construction, it will eventually have a winding path and a park scene, with benches and trees, he said. Electric scooter start-ups have spread from Santa Monica, Calif. to several cities around the country. Not everyone is happy about that. It will be made to take his little Bird scooters on scenic trips inside the confines of the 20,000-square-foot office situated near the Pacific Ocean and, more important to him, on Electric Avenue here in Venice, Calif. “When you ride a Bird, it reminds you of being free,” said the 39-year-old. “It gives you freedom. Like you have wings.” Mr. VanderZanden did not act like a man in the middle of a controversy. But he is here […]