[keerthiko]

These seem like decent points. My reaction to them is mostly from riding my own manual scooter prior to the electric ones became prevalent in SF, and finding the electric share experience inferior in every way, as opposed to bikeshares being superior to owning my own bike.

Re: economics - My scooter is cheap (second hand for $10, new for $~40), and I wouldn't mind even if I lost it -- which is unlikely given I can just bring it into wherever I'm stopping instead of locking it outside -- so even though $1-2 per ride is cheap for transit, merely 5-20 rides later it's past the economics of scooter ownership, with few of the advantages of using a share program.

- owning a personal kick scooter and keeping it in my apartment really doesn't take up much space (I just leave mine on top of a shoerack next to the door once collapsed)

- it requires 0 maintenance

- I average over 10mph by being able to go significantly faster on even a slight downhill on a bike lane. (I hear some scooters go up to 15, that's much more decent)

On the other bikeshares provide me all those pros. [edit: formatting]