> I support these scooters because they can reduce car usage, but they could have worked with the cities to make sure they were rolled out in a responsible way.

> I support these scooters because they can reduce car usage, but they could have worked with the cities to make sure they were rolled out in a responsible way. But these companies must “disrupt,” right? I understand what you're saying and agree that it should work that way in an ideal world. But government bureaucracy moves incredibly slowly, especially for things they don't have very much incentive to do anything about. Imagine a business approaching a governing body and saying "I want to roll out electric scooters to the city!" They would probably get little more than a raised eyebrow and minimal progress over the course of years, not to mention they may simply choose to be lazy and reject it entirely. When a business "disrupts", it might be inconvenient, but it actually provides incentive for the government to move.