Monday, November 19, 2018

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION - Electric Scooters

This is what I call a DUH issue.  Have a system where your transportation can be left anywhere after using and not expect people to leave it on private property or where it blocks other people?  Dumb, really dumb.

"Why the rise of the electric scooter has been a bumpy ride" PBS NewsHour 11/15/2018

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SUMMARY:  It began with just 10 electric scooters in Santa Monica, California, but soon sidewalks and streets were flooded with thousands of them.  Essentially skateboards with handles that can be picked up and dropped off anywhere, they've been rolled out in scores of U.S. cities, where local officials have struggled to cope and residents have mixed feelings.  Special correspondent Catherine Rampell reports.

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