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To be clear: it's not all e-scooter, it's the free service ones. Parisian can still own and use their own, but they're done with the ones being left on the gro
by nolok 4y ago
To be clear: it's not all e-scooter, it's the free service ones.
Parisian can still own and use their own, but they're done with the ones being left on the ground randomly, being used in poor fashion (on the sidewalk, or with two/three people standing on one), being thrown in the river, ... And that's mostly caused by free services ones that you don't own and thus don't care if anything happens to it.
I don't live in Paris anymore but I fully agree with that decision. Especially since this is a city that is working its way into reclaiming the outdoor space for bicycle and pedestrians, you can imagine how poorly received are e-scooter abusing the sidewalk and making people unsafe.
- ohwellhere 4y agoI don't live in Paris but we have them in our small city in the US and they are a nuisance. We're only a rather small < 60k population city with a ~200k population metro area, but we have a university and these scooters are everywhere. They're left on sidewalks, in parks, in the road. College kids fly by you going far faster than is appropriate. Life altering injuries from crashes have been reported. There are numerous problems and it's not just the scooters, obviously, and I know I'm a curmudgeon. But I find these companies to be abusing the commons. The scooters are left everywhere because these companies have no parking or maintenance infrastructure and actively rely on users leaving them on sidewalks.
- ck2 4y agoI'm glad scooters are not banned outright, every non-car person on the road is a bonus IMHO because it makes people care more about the road safety and air quality. I don't know why governments in so many cities decide that scooter "litter" is acceptable in the slightest. I don't blame startups for trying to get away with using everyone else's public and private property as their cost cutting "free storage" solution but come on now, no way in heck that can be done in society. Nothing wrong with making them have official racks and bays around town, people can walk a block after they park.
- jwestbury 4y ago> I don't blame startups for trying to get away with using everyone else's public and private property as their cost cutting "free storage" solution Don't you? I do. Just because something is technically legal doesn't mean it's good behaviour, and we can absolutely blame people for exhibiting bad behaviour.
- kevviiinn 4y agoAh but you see, they can be excused because they are a corporation making a profit! Who needs public spaces anyway
- robomartin 4y ago> e-scooter abusing the sidewalk and making people unsafe I agree with the decision. I am now seeing these things almost as dangerous trash in various cities. Of course, the problem isn't the e-scooters, it thoughtless people using them. If users can't be bothered to behave like civilized humans, not sure what options remain on the table other than a ban.
- bitshiftfaced 4y agoWhy were there free service scooters? Was it a public service or something?
- progval 4y agoMistranslation; GP meant "self-service"