[lovich]

How is it up to discussion? Did they get a license or pay for it through some other avenue? Can I just park my car in your driveway without your permission? Can I use your property without permission?

If these scooter and bike companies aren't stealing by just taking land to use, I don't see how using your driveway to let my friends all park for a party could be construed as stealing.

>I wouldn't call it like that for example and law doesn't look at it that way either

That's a very general claim without merit. My municipality views it as such and has confiscated all the bird scooters and like bikes last I saw

Edit: to be fair, youre correct that a wrong doesn't justify another wrong. That doesn't mean I'm not gonna roll my eyes when one thief cries about the injustice of someone else stealing from them _as they continue to steal from me and my community without hesitation_. I do not pay property taxes and parking permit fees to maintain the roads so that some VC funded startup can use them free of charge and funnel the profits into their pocket.

[sokoloff]

Can you park a bicycle on the sidewalk? Could you leave a stroller there?

[TeMPOraL]

Personal bike? Technically probably not, but it's a known personal use nobody frowns about unless the bike is obstructing other traffic (whether foot or vehicle), at which point it'll be taken away. Commercial bike? Same as scooters.

Stroller? If you tried, somebody would probably call a bomb squad. It's not something you do with strollers.

[sokoloff]

We often left our stroller outside while visiting friends. Never had a bomb squad respond nor anyone seem to give it a second look.

[CaptainZapp]

Can you park a bicycle on the sidewalk?

Actually it depends.

Park your bike on the sidewalk in just about any Japanese city and see what happens.