Holy crap, that's a lot of words. I'm pretty sure judicious editing could've halved the length of that. Speaking as someone who lived in NYC for 10 years I am

Holy crap, that's a lot of words. I'm pretty sure judicious editing could've halved the length of that. Speaking as someone who lived in NYC for 10 years I am absolutely against the scooters that plague other cities coming to NYC. Why? Several reasons: 1. There are too many people on the sidewalks. At least cyclists almost always ride on the road. In my experience, amateur scooter riders think it's fine to ride an electrified vehicle (often poorly) on the sidewalk. It's not; 2. The sidewalks are too narrow already in most places. This is exacerbated by all the permits given for various news stands, outdoor seating and whatnot that create a ton of choke points on the sidewalks as is; 3. People are already really bad at effectively sharing the sidewalks as pedestrians. The three biggest categories here are tourists (this is probably the first time in their lives they've had the option of walking anywhere and it shows), phone zombies (just stop and send that text rather than walk oblivious to your surroundings at 1mph) and people who walk in groups and want to walk slowly 4 abreast. Oh and as with cyclists, the problem isn't the delivery people. They have an economic interest in getting where they're going safely and quickly. The only time I see them (on vehicles) on the sidewalks is when they're picking up or dropping off. It's all the shared bike and scooter people that are the problem. At least previously the only scooter riders had their own scooter and were thus far fewer in number. In other cities (eg Miami, even SF), the pedestrian density is far lower so it's less of a problem. Oh and of course people just dump the shared scooters in the middle of the sidewalk. Honestly, they're a menace. Here's a compromise: get rid of 1 lane of parking on each street and widen both sidewalks by the space saved. Then there might be room.