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Re:Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership wi... by astura on Monday July 09, 2018 @02:57PM (#17492546)
One man's "placed in designated spots" is another man's "dumped on the side of the road"

I honestly think we are just used to seeing idle cars all over the place that we don't "notice" them. There's no reason scooters won't be able to "blend in" in the same way over time.

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Re:Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership wi... by Arubis on Monday July 09, 2018 @04:00PM (#17492991)
In my fantasy world, we go the opposite direction and start realizing that all that idle car space could be used for parkland, housing, storefronts, bike lanes, miles-long slip'n'slides, pretty much _anything_ but wasted space in high-land-value areas.
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Re:Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership wi... by majormajor on Monday July 09, 2018 @04:21PM (#17493135)
How do you get there without having scooters or similar available everywhere instead?

Gotta solve the point-to-point problems of mass transit if you want to kill demand for cars.

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Re:Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership wi... by joejerryronnie on Monday July 09, 2018 @04:16PM (#17493103)
How awesome would miles-long slip'n'slides be in hilly San Francisco? Bay to Breakers would never be the same.
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