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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by kasey_junk on Monday December 03, 2018 @07:47PM (#18594771)
They are fairly commonly left in ways that make it difficult for pedestrians in wheel chairs/walkers/blind.
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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by lazyasciiart on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @01:19AM (#18596829)
Yes, when I see that I move them. Just like I've spent years moving commercial sidewalk signs. Why is it only now that an environmentally beneficial and actually USEFUL item is causing trouble that the rest of you have started to care about wheelchair users and blind people?
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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by notable_user on Monday December 03, 2018 @08:59PM (#18595262)
It’d be fairly easy to designate a spot on every block for scooter/bike/etc parking. Much easier and space efficient than creating parking spaces.

Here’s an example that Santa Monica is trying: https://www.10news.com/news/santa-monica-creates-parking-spa...

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by rb666 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @03:31AM (#18597503)
All those giant-ass trucks Americans ride around in (usually on their own) are making it difficult for bike lanes or walking paths to even exist!
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