The world might just not be "hot, flat and crowded" enough for Segway yet. According to New York city officials, New York is already too crowded for Segways.

The world might just not be "hot, flat and crowded" enough for Segway yet. According to New York city officials, New York is already too crowded for Segways. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/nyregion/12segway.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/nyregion/12segway.html Gov. David A. Paterson signed a law in July legalizing Segways everywhere else in the state. Officials in New York City, where many streets are already clogged with taxis, tourists, dogs and double-wide strollers, deliberately asked lawmakers to leave the city out of the bill. ... “To introduce a foreign, unproven, untested element into the mix complicates the job before us, which is to make the most efficient use of city streets,” said Noah Budnick, deputy director of Transportation Alternatives, a New York advocacy group.