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No it isn't. We give free space to cars, trucks and bicycles. Why not scooters? Is it because they are owned by a corporation? If so should rental cars and car

No it isn't. We give free space to cars, trucks and bicycles. Why not scooters? Is it because they are owned by a corporation? If so should rental cars and car shares be banned?

ceejayoz 8y ago
We, as a society, have decided to give space to cars, trucks, and bicycles, generally in a controlled fashion. If I randomly leave any of them in the middle of the street or sidewalk, they'll be ticketed, towed, or removed.
- DubiousPusher 8y ago
  > We, as a society, have decided to give space to cars, trucks, and bicycles, generally in a controlled fashion. Exactly. To be fair though this was only after a fair amount of vehicular chaos.
- jdavis703 8y ago
  In the last 24 hours I've had to dodge 5 illegaly parked cars in the bike lane. Only one had a ticket. If you randomly leave any of them in the middle of the street or sidewalk there are very narrow odds that they'll be ticketed, towed, or removed.
xkcd-sucks 8y ago
Typically individual people are limited to ~1 free car and bike space, and many cities treat commercial vehicles differently from privately owned ones. If you park your ten cars on the street, or if you park your ten cars on the street and start a car rental company, or if you park your commercial-plates delivery truck on the street overnight, you will quickly run into conflict with your city government. Rental cars and e.g. Zipcars have their own dedicated parking spaces, usually on private property, and docked bike rental companies rent curb space from the city.
- gojomo 8y ago
  Amortized over the full usership, each scooter-user is using far less than one-scooters-worth-of-sidewalk.
  - bostik 8y ago
    You want to treat any space hogging the same way you treat tail latency. Not as p50, but as p999. So the question is not "how many people are inconvenienced on average?" but "how many people are inconvenienced during peak times?" If the second figure is non-insignificant, you have a problem. Gamers and UX designers understand this. ANY latency peaks or waiting time hikes are detrimental.

No it isn't. We give free space to cars, trucks and bicycles. Why not scooters? Is it because they are owned by a corporation? If so should rental cars and car shares be banned?

ceejayoz 8y ago

We, as a society, have decided to give space to cars, trucks, and bicycles, generally in a controlled fashion. If I randomly leave any of them in the middle of the street or sidewalk, they'll be ticketed, towed, or removed.

DubiousPusher 8y ago
> We, as a society, have decided to give space to cars, trucks, and bicycles, generally in a controlled fashion. Exactly. To be fair though this was only after a fair amount of vehicular chaos.
jdavis703 8y ago
In the last 24 hours I've had to dodge 5 illegaly parked cars in the bike lane. Only one had a ticket. If you randomly leave any of them in the middle of the street or sidewalk there are very narrow odds that they'll be ticketed, towed, or removed.

xkcd-sucks 8y ago

Typically individual people are limited to ~1 free car and bike space, and many cities treat commercial vehicles differently from privately owned ones. If you park your ten cars on the street, or if you park your ten cars on the street and start a car rental company, or if you park your commercial-plates delivery truck on the street overnight, you will quickly run into conflict with your city government. Rental cars and e.g. Zipcars have their own dedicated parking spaces, usually on private property, and docked bike rental companies rent curb space from the city.

gojomo 8y ago
Amortized over the full usership, each scooter-user is using far less than one-scooters-worth-of-sidewalk.
- bostik 8y ago
  You want to treat any space hogging the same way you treat tail latency. Not as p50, but as p999. So the question is not "how many people are inconvenienced on average?" but "how many people are inconvenienced during peak times?" If the second figure is non-insignificant, you have a problem. Gamers and UX designers understand this. ANY latency peaks or waiting time hikes are detrimental.