Re:Parisians vote to ban e-scooters from French capital
by capableweb on Monday April 03, 2023 @05:09AM
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But those same arguments can be made for rentable bikes? Nothing unique with e-scooters in particular.
Re:Parisians vote to ban e-scooters from French capital
by ljf on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:38PM
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No you are right and I agree many of the benefits overlap - but I know far more people in London that have tried the scooters compared to people that have tried the various hire bikes, plus know more regular scooter hirer'ers than regular bike hires. But that is just my anecdote - sure it could be wrong
The main advantage is having it where you need it - maybe you got the metro or the bus to work and now you want to go on somewhere else. Your bike is at home. Then you want to head to a friends house, but there is nowhere safe to leave your bike but you'd be happy to leave the rental scooter outside, then two other friends want to join you on a trip to a pub, this time you have your bike but they don't, so you cycle alone and they get a cab.
I love cycling, but scooters (rental and private) def have some advantages