The scooter company that raised 400M in 4 months is what is wrong with SV

Re:The scooter company that raised 400M in 4 months is what ... by freewilly1040 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @02:04PM (#17436698)

Writing from Oakland, where I have a suspicion that many of the scooters taken off San Francisco streets for their permit monitoriom have ended up.

Point being that there’s a LOT of these scooters around. I think they’re great. I keep wondering where the people complaining about the carelessly left scooters are living, because the majority of the scooters in town are dropped off considerately, and don’t take up more space than bikes.

I think the backlash against the scooters is driven by people who don’t like tech, and by people who believe transit solutions should be driven (and owned) by the government. The scooters solve a problem, are dirt cheap to use, are available to anyone with a phone, and are environmentally friendly. The externalities are nonzero but not larger than bikes. There’s a lot to like.

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Re:The scooter company that raised 400M in 4 months is what ... by r00fus on Sunday July 01, 2018 @08:53PM (#17438623)

Lots of scooters in SJ also. They seem to attract a disparately minority crowd - which is great except for the normal distribution of assholes who decide it's cool to nearly run down your kids in a pedestrian only area or do stunts right in front of your face.

Given the lack of accountability in policing good behavior I can understand why people are against scooters.

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