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by larrymyers
1305 days ago
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So in Chicago we have the infuriating practice of "dibs". People leave out all manner of large objects in street parking spaces they've dug out when we get lots of snow. You know what the city does every few weeks? Streets & Sanitation workers drive around and collect up all these abandoned chairs, couches, cones, etc because it's discarded stuff in a public space. Why not do the same with e-scooters? If they aren't properly out of the public right of way and secured they should be collected up and treated as abandoned. Eventually scooter rental companies will need to start charging people significant fees for not properly parking scooters when they are finished with them. I'm in favor of people learning how to use e-scooters correctly because they are a great mode of transportation in cities. We've all just become so accustomed to the impacts of cars that we don't complain any more. (Pollution, noise, collisions, fatalities, space required for parking .. all far worse than any annoyances caused by scooters.) Just like anything new people need time to adjust and learn how to have scooters exist sanely in a community. |
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Also for anyone who suggests to just move someone’s trash and take their spot. That is a sure fire way to get your car keyed or someone to take all of the snow and shovel it right on top of your car.
To your original point though, I disagree with have sanitation take the scooters as that puts the responsibility on the tax payers. In NYC they have an app where you can record an idling car/truck and if they do it for more than 3 minutes you get like 25% of the fine. IMO just doing something like that would make the scooter companies clean up their act pretty quick.