Welcome, watch or ban: how should cities deal with electric scooters?
“The early “arrive first, ask later” tactics of
scooter companies had perhaps riled cities, and they wanted to show they were
in charge. Aaron Peskin, who co-wrote San Francisco’s e-scooter permit bill,
was quoted by Wired as saying: “It would be very nice if the tech bros could
come in and ask in a collaborative fashion for permission rather than
after-the-fact forgiveness.””
Why E-Scooters Are on the Rise, Along with Injuries
Scooter Madness
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/opinion/electric-scooters-nashville.html
Almost Every Electric Scooter in the World Comes from This Chinese Company
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-05/almost-every-electric-scooter-comes-from-this-chinese-company