Paris officially the first city in Europe to ban e-scooters. What are the rules in other countries?
Paris has officially become the first European city to ban rented electric scooters. But laws controlling their use are still evolving elsewhere.
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Why not ban parking them in random places?
I guess it was up to e-scooter renting companies to come up with some kind of geofencing of reasonable parking but they failed to self-regulate which led to everyone being pissed off about them. If those companies were concerned about the spaces they littered they'd probably be still in business.
It's a good sign that abusing good faith is punished with such severity.
Why not just stop trying to fuck with technology that supports an eco-friendly lifestyle?
Although to your point, when eBikes first came to Seattle as a service, they had hubs. You could only pick one up from a hub and had to return it to a hub. That could address the issue of them being parked wherever, but it decreases their usefulness. It's pretty awesome to just walk a couple of feet and grab an eScooter, then leave it in front of your destination for someone else to grab.
Escooters are not eco friendly. The batteries burn through really quickly. E-assist bicycles and regular bicycles are by far the best option for public personal mobility.
Well they're a heck of a lot better than cars!
But they are not used to replace car rides. They replace walks or short bike trips.
In Sweden they have to be parked in a bike rack. We have bike racks, everywhere. A rather great solution.
Right. There are plenty of simple solutions that don't involve banning something that benefits the people living there.
Sure, if it was just a couple of them it would probably be fine. But the problem is that in many cities the amount of scooters that are left in random places gets annoying. I think that having designated parking locations would be the best solution and, as long as you have enough of them, that should not impact their usefulness.