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These scooters are amazing. Wish the city would focus on the drug addicts running around defecating on sidewalks and not try to regulate these convenient scoot

These scooters are amazing. Wish the city would focus on the drug addicts running around defecating on sidewalks and not try to regulate these convenient scooters.

dahdum 9y ago
You can’t charge the drug addicts fees. This program is moving so quickly because it is both a revenue and bureaucratic expansion opportunity.
cbhl 9y ago
We really need to organize "how to write letters in support of nice things" sessions for techies. It really would not take many of us (maybe fifty or a hundred) writing letters to city hall to drown out the voices of these anti-tech activists.
- nmca 9y ago
  This is actually an awesome idea.
- musage 9y ago
  > drown out the voices of these anti-tech activists Can't make that shit up.
- sundaeofshock 9y ago
  Why is this a tech issue? There are plenty of folks who work in the tech industry who would like to see these scooter vendors take at least minimal steps to play nice.
OrganicMSG 9y ago
Could even go full social techno-utopia and make the scooters free for registered addicts to use on rides to any municipal sanitation facilities.
- sp332 9y ago
  You'd have to build some of those first.
rhizome 9y ago
The scooters are left scattered on the sidewalk like so many turds, your critique is misplaced.
- OrganicMSG 9y ago
  In the middle of a city, a pile of scooters is considered by most people to be a less pressing problem than a pile of human shit, both in risk and aesthetic. If either pile gets big enough it will solve itself economically, however the difference in inconvenience while waiting for that to occur is not close.
  - jstandard 9y ago
    The scooter problem is more simple. Both in complexity and ability to take action. I'm glad the city took swift, simple actions to reign in illegal activity before it became worse. The defecation issue is more complex in terms of causes and ability to take action. I agree the city should move more quickly with stopgaps like increased cleaning frequency. However, "solving" the root of this problem will take much more time, energy, and money.

These scooters are amazing. Wish the city would focus on the drug addicts running around defecating on sidewalks and not try to regulate these convenient scooters.

dahdum 9y ago

You can’t charge the drug addicts fees. This program is moving so quickly because it is both a revenue and bureaucratic expansion opportunity.

cbhl 9y ago

We really need to organize "how to write letters in support of nice things" sessions for techies. It really would not take many of us (maybe fifty or a hundred) writing letters to city hall to drown out the voices of these anti-tech activists.

nmca 9y ago
This is actually an awesome idea.
musage 9y ago
> drown out the voices of these anti-tech activists Can't make that shit up.
sundaeofshock 9y ago
Why is this a tech issue? There are plenty of folks who work in the tech industry who would like to see these scooter vendors take at least minimal steps to play nice.

OrganicMSG 9y ago

Could even go full social techno-utopia and make the scooters free for registered addicts to use on rides to any municipal sanitation facilities.

sp332 9y ago
You'd have to build some of those first.

rhizome 9y ago

The scooters are left scattered on the sidewalk like so many turds, your critique is misplaced.

OrganicMSG 9y ago
In the middle of a city, a pile of scooters is considered by most people to be a less pressing problem than a pile of human shit, both in risk and aesthetic. If either pile gets big enough it will solve itself economically, however the difference in inconvenience while waiting for that to occur is not close.
- jstandard 9y ago
  The scooter problem is more simple. Both in complexity and ability to take action. I'm glad the city took swift, simple actions to reign in illegal activity before it became worse. The defecation issue is more complex in terms of causes and ability to take action. I agree the city should move more quickly with stopgaps like increased cleaning frequency. However, "solving" the root of this problem will take much more time, energy, and money.