If the definition of unique riders means what I interpret it to be those are staggering numbers for scooters. That’s roughly 1 in 10 Calgarians and if you discount children and seniors who are probably less likely to ride I would guess that number approaches 1 in 5.
70% of Calgary residents are between 15-64 so that's roughly 935200.
So that would be about 1 in 7 of the people in that demographic.
Listening to an interview with Lime CEO Joe Kraus the other day, think he mentioned that scooter rentals are about 90% of their business over bikes. Makes you wonder why they even started with bikes in the here. Huge numbers for both though, 1.1million km ridden is huge.
I wonder if it was because bikes already fit the existing model/laws decently (besides the helmet thing) and thus had a lower barrier to entry.
By showing they played ball with the bikes, they opened the door for scooters.
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70% of Calgary residents are between 15-64 so that's roughly 935200.
So that would be about 1 in 7 of the people in that demographic.
So pretty close to my numbers if you remove the 15-18 group and >55 group who likely are not e-scooter users in my reasoning. Regardless, I think that is a very high number of users whether it's 1-7 or 1-5. I am hard pressed to think what other single entity in the city has that high a number.
My feedback was that they should allow scooters to be on road for local residential streets. The demarcation should be any street without a yellow stripe (which is for just collectors and busier classifications). If they could make that by-law somehow, that would be useful.
For busier routes, geo-fencing where they can differentiate speed based on the relative space and safety. Build more bike/scooter dedicated routes, where viable.
My feedback was that they should allow scooters to be on road for local residential streets. The demarcation should be any street without a yellow stripe (which is for just collectors and busier classifications). If they could make that by-law somehow, that would be useful.
For busier routes, geo-fencing where they can differentiate speed based on the relative space and safety. Build more bike/scooter dedicated routes, where viable.
Edmonton allows them on all roads with a speed limit of 50 or less. But not on sidewalks.
I was walking down 11th and 12th ave last week near Hudson's and I saw a couple of e-scooters go by in the bike lanes, a saw a few go by on the sidewalk, and I saw one go by on the road, lol.
More of a safety issue, since they can't go faster than 20, and most people aren't wearing helmets, and people look pretty unstable on them. I can't imagine they deal well with the rough surfaces on the edges of roads. Even on a bike I need to avoid those. Which means they won't be riding all that close to the edge.
To help ensure the safety of riders during Calgary's winter months, the shared electric scooters will be removed on November 1, 2019 as they do not operate well when snow and ice are on the ground.
I think its just a matter of time until somebody mods them with some kind of Skidoo-like track. They're probably already out there somewhere. It would be kind of awesome, but depends a lot on the conditions around the city, which is mostly slush and dry pavement vs nice packed snow.
I think its just a matter of time until somebody mods them with some kind of Skidoo-like track. They're probably already out there somewhere. It would be kind of awesome, but depends a lot on the conditions around the city, which is mostly slush and dry pavement vs nice packed snow.
There is a guy out on the pathways who has a single wheel electric skateboard type thing. I think the wheel is about 9-10" wide. This allows him to go "off-roading" on the rougher areas between the pathways and such. I could see this being easily adapted for an "all-season" scooter.
