To take another slant on the article, you can see how the laws and systems were adapted to support the automobile from where they were before. There were no st

To take another slant on the article, you can see how the laws and systems were adapted to support the automobile from where they were before. There were no stop signs, speed limits, license requirements, or traffic lights in the 1920s. Fast forward to today and we see E-Bikes and E-Scooters being banned from different areas, having speed caps put on, not being allowed on sidewalks, into bike paths, trails, etc. There is no adaptation in most locations. People are finally moving away from automobiles, but officials are choosing to make it much more difficult for people to use new forms of transportation. E-Scooters have been called a scourge just about everywhere they show up. They're vilified in city after city, due to the lack of supporting infrastructure and incompatibility with roads. In some places, officials want scooters to ride in 50 mph traffic - which all cyclists know is a death wish, but not on the unused sidewalks. Many cyclists blame e-bikes and scooters for the problems caused by cars, and want to hoard the infrastructure to themselves. Pedestrian safety is an easy scare tactic, but in reality, e-scooters and e-bikes make being a pedestrian much more feasible and increase the use of bike paths and sidewalks. I'd like to see a comparison of pedestrians killed by e-scooters on a sidewalk vs. pedestrians on sidewalks vs. cars or even cars vs. e-scooters. If a place ends up with scooters on the sidewalks, the city should build a mobility lane, not kick them out into the street. I'm interested to see how planners and cities adjust to using a bike to get to work no longer requiring lycra and a shower. If you do the math, being able to travel at 10-15 MPH for 30 minutes under electric power, can get you just about anywhere in most cities in the USA. It's really a question of having safe infrastructure to get you there.