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Still seems gigantically space inefficient. Would love to see this experiment done with scooters, especially in LA where the weather is pretty good year-round.
by fiachamp 8y ago
Still seems gigantically space inefficient. Would love to see this experiment done with scooters, especially in LA where the weather is pretty good year-round. I say this as someone incredibly annoyed with people leaving Bird scooters all over the street.
- bouncing 8y agoIf the "official" answer to the last mile problem is scooters, that'll run into all kinds of resistance from people with disabilities.
- randyrand 8y agoWhy? Cars and scooters are not mutually exclusive. Moreso, scooters take up way less space than cars and a properly designed scooter city will have much more room for disabled parking. Not to mention electric wheelchairs can be surprisingly fast.
- nkantar 8y agoFrom my highly unscientific anecdata, that's been one of their primary use cases. The main problem I've heard reiterated is that they're not always readily available, suddenly turning a can-do trip into no-go.