A scooter folds up and is very easy to carry around. It is nothing like a bike in terms of parking it.
Where are you riding your scooter? Because I ride to coffeeshops, or the ferry building to catch a boat, or street festivals around town, not just the office. You want to carry a scooter through the Haight street fair?
Re:The Scooter Economy
by throwaway413 on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:38AM
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Electric scooters are still rather large and bulky. By no means an easy carry.
You can easily get one that slips into a backpack.
They are not that light, but still vastly more portable than a bike and you don't need to worry about them being stolen from the street.
Re:The Scooter Economy
by throwaway413 on Monday June 11, 2018 @04:22PM
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I’ve done quite a bit of research looking for such a scooter and have not found one. Would you mind linking me to such an e-scooter that you’d recommend (with high build quality and reliability - has to be worth buying of course) that can easily slip into a backpack? I truly have not found one that is so. I’ve been looking at the new Boosted Mini X - which could at least potentially strap to the back of a backpack.
If I have to do that with a bike or scooter even once! in those months you mention it takes to pay itself off, then it's not worth it.
I don't want to have to carry my scooter into a crowded Illy just to meet someone for coffee.