The inertia of urban planning is measured in decades, while that of the technologies we are developing today is measured in quarters or years. It makes sense wh

The inertia of urban planning is measured in decades, while that of the technologies we are developing today is measured in quarters or years. It makes sense why the market logic dictates the fervor for EVs, since market dynamics are inherently myopic, but if we are to address the issues on longer time scales we need to think beyond a market-supremacist outlook. E-scooters and e-bikes are indeed touted as ways to subvert market dynamics to encourage change in the less-temporary features of our living environments.