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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by Retric on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:34PM (#18605074)
Tragedy of the commons is a significant issue. So, if land owners allocate space for them that’s fine. But it’s not legal to leave random junk in public spaces because there is simply not enough space for everyone to be doing this with anything.

Further, public parking is rarely free, it’s being payed for somone and often that’s not the city.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by matt4077 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:01AM (#18606705)
public Parking is free almost anywhere but in in city centers, and it occupies one third of a typical, residential street.

It’s the travesty of the commons.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by dragonwriter on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:14AM (#18606769)
> public Parking is free almost anywhere but in in city centers, and it occupies one third of a typical, residential street.

And is still regulated, though enforcement tends often to be complaint based, rather than active patrol. Leave a vehicle a few days with moving it and someone complains and it gets tagged and, if left a little while longer, towed as abandoned.

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