[Antioch]

Lots of people in a city can’t even walk with any degree of situational awareness, let alone ride a bicycle or scooter. I don’t know about scooters, but their small wheels, limited range and no brakes don’t inspire confidence. On the other hand, E-bikes (i.e. pedal assist) are wonderful-especially with older riders that can’t do hills very well anymore. They easily pay for themselves in a few years in all the short car trips you avoid. But I don’t get why the need for a communist-style sharing program where no one cares about the equipment because some bureaucracy owns it. Isn’t that why public housing always looks slum-like? If you like the idea of a lithium powered pedalac that gets you all over the city for 10 cents a day, invest in it-buy an e-bike, maintain it and use it.

[wintertime]

Private businesses own the scooters and bikes in our city. There isn't liter. The private businesses pick them up. One of the members of our church makes a living picking up and repairing these scooters and bikes.

[Elsie]

... no one cares about the equipment because some bureaucracy owns it.

The tragedy of the commons

Google it.