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> I especially dislike that companies get to profit from cluttering public spaces with bicycle and scooter litter. Then you must hate on-street parking and par
by snovv_crash 5y ago
> I especially dislike that companies get to profit from cluttering public spaces with bicycle and scooter litter.
Then you must hate on-street parking and parking lots.
I think the speed and power limits of ebikes are actually pretty reasonable. A fit cyclist can go faster on the flats, and I don't just mean a pro, anybody young and healthy who cycles a few times a week should be able to manage it.
Bikes should have their own transport spaces, not sharing with cars. Cars should be limited access from many areas. And pedestrians should be as mindful of bikes as they are of cars.
- watwut 5y agoParking lots are dedicated for that purpose. And in here, if you park the car on the sidewalk, you get ticket. Shared e-scooters are regularly parked in the middle of the sidewalk, making it impossible to go around with stroller. But to those companies credit, they do have at least token process of punishing bad parking.
- cranekam 5y ago> Parking lots are dedicated for that purpose. I think the parent commenter is suggesting that devoting vast swathes of land to storing objects that are only used for few percent of every day could, in some ways, be considered "cluttering public space". I certainly agree that scooters dumped in the middle of a sidewalk is very annoying. I haven't lived anywhere where rental bikes can just be dropped (they're returned to stations) so I haven't experienced littering in that sense.
- mulmen 5y ago> Then you must hate on-street parking and parking lots. Here in Seattle we actually reclaimed on-street parking for dedicated bike-share parking because people park them so inconsiderately. Like sideways blocking entire bike paths and sidewalks. If you are in a wheelchair you can forget about curb ramps, they’re blocked by bike shares.