Not in Paris, no.

We have a metro, that would allow you to cross the capital from west to east in 40 minutes. A network of overused suburban trains that electric scooters can't and won't try to fix.

It's just a fad. An opportunity that was made available when the city council decided to switch the public bike provider. It required to change all existing bike stations, and severely crippled the existing service. So, they tried to seize that opportunity. First, free floating bikes [0], and now electric scooters. The overall disrespect for non-users is so present that it will make worse any problem they're trying to fix.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-paris-bicycles/bik...

So the scooters are a symptom of a deeper problem with the infrastructure of the city then?

Maybe I wasn't clear enough, but I feel complaining about scooters taking up space on pavements is a distraction from solving the ACTUAL problems.

The actual problem was a timing gap in biking infrastructure. You don't solve that by putting unregulated transportation vehicles on streets, especially when the needed infrastructure is being constructed.

All you have to do is move all the buildings. Its not that hard...

Or make the roads smaller...