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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
leaving aside injuries and everything else, I think their CEO is full of it.
"customers will be able to use the machines at a cost of $1.15 to start and 35 cents a minute after, a rate which he says makes the service competitive with public transit."
how is that competitive with transit? if you have the scooter more than 6 minutes, you're paying more than you would to take the bus. how long is a transfer good for on a bus? at least 2 hours, isn't it?
might be a good idea if you're short trip bar hopping, maybe.
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Funny you say that, because it's actually causing quite the controversy in Austin.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics...been-drinking/
Article May 2019
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A new study suggests another reason pedestrians perceive them as such a menace: Nearly 30 percent of the people injured riding electric scooters had been drinking alcohol, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s first-ever study of scooter-related injuries.
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The study covered 87 days last fall in Austin, where the number of scooters in the city went from zero to 15,000 last year. The CDC study reported that just in that short time frame, nearly 200 people were injured in scooter crashes, and many of the injuries were severe—in large part because virtually no one wears helmets while riding the things.
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My guess is the state of Texas will soon impose some 'no-drinking and scooting' law with DUI-like punishments. Also, they will begin making parking places for scooters and charge them just like cars.