[uberduber]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the electric scooter rental services. For a while they did make traffic in Santa Monica and surrounding areas better. It went from horrific to less horrific but no one talked about that.

My boyfriend works 1 mile from work and he took them almost everyday in the beginning. When the cities all cracked down and required a licensing fee for each one, the numbers were drastically reduced and they were no longer consistently available within a 2-3 minute walk. So back in the car he went. We've looked into buying one but right now they're too expensive, heavy, and unreliable to own. It's so much easier to just leave it when you arrive and not worry about maintenance.

[rvanlaar]

I'm genuinely curious, but why: - not get a (electric) bike? - not walk?

[uberduber]

An electric bike is too heavy and bulky, there's nowhere to store it in the house. Also a pain to store in the office which is upstairs. We can't leave it outside due to the homeless, they'll steal or vandalize or defecate on it.

There's a bunch of reasons, but mostly he just really hates walking. It's boring, too slow and too hot outside much of the year which causes the whole sweatiness problem.