Electric scooter “mayhem” sounds like when cars were introduced
I initially was bah humbugy about these scooters, but after reading an article that points out we have acres of space devoted to private automobiles, and that it really wouldn&#x27;t be hard to accommodate these electric scooters, I changed my mind.<p>They look fun, they seem more flexible than the hard-wired go-bike stations, and they don&#x27;t seem super expensive.<p>It&#x27;s pretty obvious that our cities are broken, and SF needs help in particular.  I&#x27;ve worked at companies that had to choose between being near bart or near caltrain to provide a shorter commute to different employees.  The time it took to walk across soma was non-trivial and annoyed people.  Ultimately the caltrain commuters used foot-powered scooters.<p>As for the self righteousness of &quot;only peds belong on sidewalks&quot;, I get tired of that.  Being in traffic is exceedingly dangerous, and apparently as long as someone else&#x27;s life on the line you&#x27;re good with it.  If &quot;sidewalks&quot; were a lot larger, then there would be more ability to mix traffic.  See: the embarcadero.<p>Let&#x27;s work on our cities and have some fun doing it!