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05-26-2018, 09:13 AM
Cities scramble to contain the flood of e-scooters
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The motorized scooters arrived with a vengeance—but cities including San Francisco are putting up a fight. The city is forcing all scooters off the road as it implements a new permit program for the vehicles.*
Beyond the Bay Area, other large cities such as Washington, D.C., and Austin saw flocks of e-scooters — electronic, GPS-tracked transports that accelerate up to about 15 mph — come in the past few months. Now, they're realizing something has to be done before their communities are covered in e-scooters (https://mashable.com/2018/04/17/electric-scooters-sidewalk-litter/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) or before someone gets seriously hurt.
The scooters have been an especially popular option for short trips. A network of contract workers are paid to scoop up scooters, charge them at home, and return the juiced-up devices to the streets in the morning. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/escooters-share-city-regulations-sf-la-austin/)
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The motorized scooters arrived with a vengeance—but cities including San Francisco are putting up a fight. The city is forcing all scooters off the road as it implements a new permit program for the vehicles.*
Beyond the Bay Area, other large cities such as Washington, D.C., and Austin saw flocks of e-scooters — electronic, GPS-tracked transports that accelerate up to about 15 mph — come in the past few months. Now, they're realizing something has to be done before their communities are covered in e-scooters (https://mashable.com/2018/04/17/electric-scooters-sidewalk-litter/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) or before someone gets seriously hurt.
The scooters have been an especially popular option for short trips. A network of contract workers are paid to scoop up scooters, charge them at home, and return the juiced-up devices to the streets in the morning. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/escooters-share-city-regulations-sf-la-austin/)
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