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Measure the width from one building, across the street, to the other. The vast majority of the space is taken up by land reserved for cars. Scooters are not the
by coryrc 3y ago
Measure the width from one building, across the street, to the other. The vast majority of the space is taken up by land reserved for cars. Scooters are not the problem. The fact that cars are allowed sole domain of the vast majority of public spaces is.
- afavour 3y agoYou’ll hear no disagreement from me on that but I don’t see us anywhere near reimagining how we allocate road space. So absent some unexpected and dramatic shift, scooters/robots/whatever are still able to cause obstructions.
- basil-rash 3y agoThe answer is 100% not to allow more 4 wheeled vehicles to take over the small amount of space the two/four legged individuals have left. I have 80% a mind to push every food carrying robot into the street where they belong when I see them coming by on a sidewalk making everyone leap out of the way to avoid their drunken careening.
- blackeyeblitzar 3y agoYes but the cars’ use is sanctioned and by design, while scooters are taking up space meant for pedestrians and bikes. That can be reallocated but when it happens without any discussion or update to laws, it can upset people. But the difficulty is that a small startup can’t afford to fight political or legal battles, so it’s easier for them to just break some rules. Is that a good thing? Maybe.
- coryrc 3y ago"sanctioned and by design" So is "qualified immunity". Yet it's still unjust.
- tzs 3y agoAre you suggesting that a scooter user who is inconsiderate enough to not be willing to move the scooter two feet to avoid blocking a handicapped ramp would be willing to move it several feet to leave it in the street if the street were available?
- coryrc 3y agoDo you think scooter riders would even be on the sidewalk dodging trees and pedestrians if they could using the road safely?
- tzs 3y agoThis is about where they leave the scooters. Do you think they are going to leave them in the road? I think the ones that currently leave them as close as they can to the entrance to whatever building they are going to without regard to whether that blocks a handicapped ramp will, if they arrive by road, ride right up that handicapped ramp and leave the scooter the same place they leave it now.