Why Americans Have A Love-Hate Relationship With E-scooters 

A lime rental is 45 cents per minute and unlock fee is $1. For a 1.5 mile ride I’m charged almost $9 which is ridiculous when an Uber is $7. I ended up buying my own scooter

The big issue is just the lack of infrastructure for anything other than a car. A dedicated lane that allowed for bikes, scooters, etc solves all of the safety concerns. Scooters and bikes don’t have to ride on sidewalks to feel safe from cars. It’s literally giving up one lane of traffic, but in North America that’ll never happen. We need a newfound emphasis on human infrastructure as opposed to vehicle. Once we break that cycle things would get a lot better.

I literally broke my arm on an electric scooter and so I'm qualified to say, it's not the scooters, it's the people riding them. Wear a helmet if possible, my injuries would’ve been worse if I wasn’t wearing one. Even after my crash I still think that are a great way to get around the city. I’ve owned an electric scooter for three years and have ridden thousands of miles on it saving me a lot in gas and car insurance.

Americans when cars lead to over 35,000 fatalities per year: "Oh well. There's nothing we can do." Americans when a scooter bumps into pedestrian: "OMG scooters r so dangerous! We must ban them! Think of everyone's safety!!"

The scooters themselves do not pose a safety issue, safety becomes an issue because of A LACK OF INFRASCRUCTURE for anything besides cars. Banning e-scooters does nothing but kick the can down the road until a city inevitably realizes how completely unmanageable their car congestion problems are

We just need two things: - infrastructure for non-cars - places to "park" scooters But this is North American city planning. We don't have either. I survived off a scooter for a while only because my workplace didn't care about me taking the scooter into my cubicle and the sidewalks were almost always completely empty (mostly suburban area / business park)

It would be great if the urban planning RU-vid community differentiated personal e-scooter usage from rental e-scooters. There is a huge difference in the types of trips taken and overall sustainability as a mode.

A lot of the e-scooter issues for these companies could be fixed by having docking areas similar to how bike share programs do it.

I believe e-scooter injuries are severe because riding shared ones 98% don’t have helmets. Privately owned one may be faster, but drivers usually gear themselves up

I've been riding my electric scooter to work for over 2 years now, over 3000 miles on it and I love it

Bans e-scooters because of accidents, does not ban cars even though it's way more lethal. If they just made bike lanes bikes, roller-skates, skateboards and e-scooters could share them.

I would love to see studies break down statistic of behavior and injury between new renters, veteran renters, new scooter owners and veteran scooter owners

Americans: escooters destroy the athletics of our city Meanwhile: parking taking up more land than the business itself, extending walking distance to not be walkable

I couldn't wait for the ride share scooter in NYC so I just bought one. Aside from the inherent dangers, It saves time, energy and is a ton of fun. I wish I did it sooner.

wish the title specified it's about rental e-scooters, not private ones

It’s not the E-scooters themselves that are causing cluttering on the sidewalks but rather the business model. I ride an e-scooter but I own it too so you don’t have to worry about my e-scooter laying around in the city where it shouldn’t be. I rarely have to even lock it up because I just bring it into buildings with me unless the shop asks me not to bring it inside. The only place that it’s crowding up is my bedroom but that’s okay with me because that’s my personal space.

The part indicating that escooters emit 200g CO2 is grossly exaggerated. Like by 30X. Real-world range of my scooter is about 40 miles per KWH. In NYC that's 7 grams CO2 per mile. In Spain, that's about 3 grams CO2 per mile.

Scooters were originally well priced at like 50 cents a minute but are now outrageously expensive . It's beyond stupid that I could wait at a light for two two minutes and that time just costed me dollars despite the motor on the scooter being idle. Some trips I'd go less than a mile and notice my bill was more expensive than an Uber pool ride. Outrageous. The upcharge is double or triple what it should be.

My brother and I rode all over downtown Atlanta. It was the best days we’ve had. We went to places we never would have went otherwise. There are a lot of factors cities aren’t considering when banning e scooters. They are losing a lot if money from other avenues. Side note. It’s ridiculously expensive. If I lived there I wouldn’t have bought my own scooter. But since I work overseas I’m waiting until I get back home for good. They need to lower the price. Revenue would go up or they will loose customers forever that will get their own bikes. Then they would be catering to only tourist.

Micro-mobility (electric scooters, bikes and skateboards) are a great option for urban commuting, but if you're going to own one then you should take a few safety precautions. • Never charge the battery near other combustible materials. • Never charge the battery in a place that blocks your escape routes. • Never charge them overnight. • Check the battery for any signs of swelling or physical damage after each use. Take the battery to a recycling facility if it's swelling or damage. • Test ride the device in a safe parking lot to get familiar with its speed and capabilities. I'm a first responder in a city and we respond to e-bike/scooter/skateboard fires nearly everyday and battery failures are the common cause.

There is a glaring ommision in that the injuries involving escooters aren't compared to those from cars. If escooters are (partially) replacing car trips, then this would be a useful comparison.

As a cyclist, I don't hate scooters. I hate scooter rental companies.

I ride e scooter everyday to and from work 5 miles away. Its been a year and i love it. No traffic in the bike lanes.

One model that I really like is the Biki Bike in Hawaii. They need to be returned to a bike rack after each use where most of these scooters are just thrown down and discarded. It requires a hefty upfront card authorization but once returned to a bike rack the authorization is refunded.

The two main concerns here are safety and blocked sidewalks. To make it safer, it's protected bike or in this case scooter lanes and for blocked side walks: make it mandatory to return scooters to a certain space. Just make one parking spot per block a designated parking spot for rental scooters and companies can make sure you can't lock your scooter anywhere else. Thoughts?

e-Bikes are a much more efficient and safe mode of transport than e-Scooters. They need less energy because of pedal assist, and the users are in a more comfortable stance, so they can ride longer distances.

Clutter and safety are the biggest issues. I've lived in two college towns where these things are EVERYWHERE. And not only are they left in places where it blocks sidewalks and lanes of traffic in parking lots, I've had to slam on my breaks multiple times for people not following stop signs or traffic signals with them. And since they're on a scooter and I'm in a car, they'd probably die if I hit them. Or at least be seriously injured. These things need to be regulated and there needs to be serious education given to the public on how to use them. Because at the present moment, it seems they're not going away.

I am impressed, very well researched and very well done short documentary! I did not expect that from CNBC - the guys which where responsible for it should get a bonus, the full team! 😄

E-Scooters are a great solution to traffic congestion and pollution. But the rental companies got to go! Unless they have a docking station like many bike share companies have. In my city they are everywhere and blocking sidewalks, driveways etc. It’s also hard to move them out of the way because the brakes engage.

Also scooters are a more efficient way to view a city you’re traveling to. I visited Denver in 2019 and we ditched the car and only rode scooters as it was affordable and enjoyable riding and exploring the city. I live in San Francisco and ride my own everyday to work and back. It’s very enjoyable! Thanks Unagi for my monthly subscription.

Only 3% of the emergency room visits were by pedestrians involved in e-scooter accidents? And how many pedestrians were injured in e-scooter accidents that _didn't_ go to the emergency room? 🙄

I can't speak for everywhere, however... I live near Phoenix, Arizona and I think we hit our peak e-scooters in 2019. I use to work at a supercar supply company and my lead did that job in the morning and picked up Spin scooters at night (dude was sleep deprived as all hell due to this schedule). I told him I had never actually ridden an e-scooter before and he told me he'd pick up a couple and swing by my house after work before his full night began to let me try it. Admittedly it WAS very fun, but I even remember telling him that night how I see how people could easily abuse this as the laws in AZ at the time were loose at best and rarely enforced. I ended up quitting that job and that guy moved to another state to pick up scooters full time, super proud on the idea that he was going to make a lot of money doing this. I still never learned what happened to him as no one could have predicted COVID, but my guess is that he ended up having to abandon that as everyone was indoors. Today I use an ebike as my primary form of transportation and really only use my car for groceries or really long trips. I love it, I absolutely love my ebike, but like a lot of other people have said in this comments section, America is simply FAR more interested in being car dependent to the n'th power where drivers feel they have a *right* to throw bottles out of their pick-em-up-trucks at people in bike lanes. It is insane the amount of entitlement and, weirdly, how threatened they are by someone riding their bike.

A lot of people don't realize, but the trick with the e-scooters is to buy an hourly pass. Those are cheaper than just riding them and being charged per minute. I use them all the time in DC when I am in a rush or running errands (when I don't feel like biking) and they are somewhat of a cheaper alternative over Ubering.

This video is entirely focused on the flawed rental e-scooters startups. Private e-scooters owned by individuals actually replace car trips (unlike rentals) and cause less societal issues. IMO ban rental e-scooters, put a reasonable speed limit on private e-scooters and treat them as a bike alternative (and build more bike lanes).

I would say the majority of e scooter accidents are the result of unsafe lane and lack of dedicated bike/ scooter lanes. As a biker, it’s scary as hell biking down a busy road that has no side walk, or a sidewalk that is too busy to bike on, while cars are fly past at 45+ mph

One of the problems with e-scooters is that a small percentage of riders/renters abuse the privilege by riding fast and reckless around pedestrians and leaving them parked improperly blocking roads and sidewalks at the end of the rental. This ruins it for responsible users.

I love using e-scooters when I am in DC and cities that have them. These are, to my believe, possible solutions to the current problems: • Road safety: Draw bike/scooter lanes in between the sidewalk and the off street parking (if it fits). If not, designate a section off a lane for scooters and bikes and paint them bright green so drivers can easily identify them. All is needed is about 3 feet in width for adequate space. • Personal injury: Encourage users to wear helmets while riding e-scooters. Make helmets affordable through some government - company assisted programs. • Cluttering: Designate places each block to park e-scooters. For example, in every other intersection, remove one or two parking spots and designate that parking as a e-schooner, e-bike, or personal bike parking spot. Make sure the signs are easily identifiable and that barriers are installed to prevent cars from using it as a car parking spot. This way people could stop leaving scooters on the sidewalks. I myself think that’s so annoying and disrespectful. People need a safe sidewalk free of clutter, specially people on wheelchairs. • Charging stations: Since designated parking is possible, incentivize companies to invest in charging stations in the same newly designated e-scooter parking spots. This way scooters are always charged and not just laying unchanged on the side. • Side walk incidents: As we know, pedestrian can be injured if riders use the sidewalk instead of the designated lanes or roads. But also, injuries are more commonly seen at night when cars collide with scooter. A possible solution would be to ban scooter using the sidewalk rides during the day time when the side walks are the busiest but only allow e-scooters to use sidewalks at night because the sidewalks are not as busy and the roads at night are more dangerous. These are easily obtainable solutions that could help the growth of these companies, people coexisting with this new way of transportation, and safety. That’s just my opinion. What do you guys think???

I love them because it’s instant transportation almost anywhere in the city. Problem…. There’s this one brand where the accelerator gets stuck. I almost drove into traffic after breaking. I also stopped once and it kept going and flew in the air with me luckily still holding on.

For the at night collisions, I'd recommend that scooter riders clip a blinker on their back to increase their visibility. I keep a bike light strapped to my purse (cross body strap) for this.

4 years ago I bought my own personal scooter, so I don't use these sharable shooters. But having a scooter has been so fun and made short trips easier. My scooter has about 3000 miles on it with battery still 86% capacity. When the weather is nice I ride it 8 miles each way to work. It's just unfortunate roads in the US aren't built for pedestrians. It would be so much easier to get vehicles off the road if the roads were constructed for it.

This is all really good información considering I’m a E-scooter user myself however whoever edited this video needs to keep in mind same audio levels throughout the length of the video. It was pretty annoying having to adjusting volume levels

I can also say, getting around San Francisco is way easier and faster than driving. I used to drive for Lyft and on my scooter I can get across the city in 10 minutes, in a car it usually takes 30.

I need to know where this 200g co2 emmision comes from for electric scooters considering much bigger EVs use 100g for an hour of use

The problem I have with these is with the idiots who insist on endangering pedestrians by riding on sidewalks and at unsafe speeds, as well as the constant destruction and vandalism of these scooters by mainly unhoused idiots who steal the batteries and motorized wheels, then leave the debris on the sidewalks.

E-scooter laws make no practical sense and this piece helps to highlight why, which is appreciated. From a practical standpoint, it is really no different than riding a bicycle around, except bicycles have very different and far less restrictive laws around them. It is just the e-scooter is generally something you can fold up and stuff somewhere reasonably small with relative ease, far easier and more practical than a fulled sized bicycle, making it far more practical to use with other modes of transport. For example, I have a very long commute to work. I ride my e-scooter down to the local rail transit station with my laptop in my backpack. I get on the train and setup at a table as there is plenty of space on the train; it is under-utilized for the direction I travel. I place the e-scooter on the table folded up. I take out my laptop and also place it on the table. I get to work while commuting to work. Eventually, I get off and e-scooter the rest of the way into work and then continue working. I have no real choice but to continue living where I live, so this solution is very important to me to be able to make ends meet. In addition to spending hours in traffic when I drive to work every day, I have things I have to do on either side of the day on most days of the week, so being able to work most of the time I am commuting is essential to getting far more hours worked in during the week and I need to make enough money to survive somehow. Here is what I think should happen with e-scooter laws: 1. Follow the data, not hype - This whole pedestrian safety thing is overblown, the data proves it, instead e-scooter riders are being forced to their death in certain places around the world because they are forced into dangerous road conditions and get creamed by bad drivers. This is just crazy. If it is safe to be on a road, then ride the e-scooter on the road. If it is not safe and there is a sidewalk there with nobody on it, let the e-scooter rider ride on the sidewalk. If the sidewalk is full of pedestrians, then get off the e-scooter and walk. 2. If officials are so concerned about e-scooter riders being unsafe, then have an all ride-able age training certificate program. Just something online and something you can show on your phone from an app. If an e-scooter rider is seen as driving unsafe and they haven't done the online training or haven't re-certified when they needed to, then they get a citation, basically a fix-it ticket. 3. Cities need to spend more on being micro-mobility friendly, not trying to ban the new-fangled thing, granted e-scooters are nothing new. Sure, some things need to happen to keep things from getting too crazy as more and more people do this, but really back when I first rode an e-scooter, the few of us out there were very considerate about how we rode around and I think most riders, especially e-scooter owners, are pretty considerate about how they ride around. This shouldn't be because you cherry picked an example of some drunk person renting an e-scooter and crashing it, ban or severely restrict for everyone. We could use the same reasoning for anything, even for banning automobiles entirely, but we don't.

Scooters are plentiful in my area. I normally use them to go to the store, restaurants nearby, or occasionally to a subway station if the bus is too far away. I tend to stick to side roads, bike paths, and trails whenever possible and park responsibly.

Ideal city Mixed use building (business group floor, +5 floors residential) No cars (except for businesses) Tams Sidewalks for pedestrians and wide "bike lanes" or a fast lane for e mobility not in vehicle (e bike, e scooters, one wheel, extra)

I also agree with the no where to ride rule. I ride on the street or in the bike lane and cars get mad at me. Bikes get mad that I’m there. I’ll go to a sidewalk and I ride slowly as I know it’s not ideal and people get mad there too.

I love these things, used them several times in Bismarck for running around town, i just wish they wouldn't shut down when you get close to a park

Ironically, these escooter probably place best in smaller cities or former big ones losing population and tourism. I remember visoting Corpus Christi, TX with my dog and used one. Left car parked for the three days. Many happy memories of my dog chasing me on the scooter along the beach.

Ebike, escooters should be encouraged. They're great for traffic. You save tons of money and you can park anywhere.

I didn’t even use a car when I visited DC. I was there for 2 days and used scooters and spends only $50 the whole time. I loved it.

in most places in galveston county can go over 20 leagally and can use the sidewalks only when clear

Haven't seen a lot of scooters recently, except rental ones lying around in the way because, yes, it is not profitable to come back and pick them up every day outside of pretty narrow limits. And no one should have ever acted like it was going to be profitable. If you have a use case to own one, e.g. a commute more than a mile or so that makes it a significant timesaver over walking, but that is short enough that you can normally plan around weather, I get that (though a bike would be safer!). But add the labor to curate them and either the cost gets ridiculous for the user, or the profit evaporates.

"Others are complaining about how they clutter sidewalks" Giant parking lots full of cars and street parked cars everywhere:

They’re great for reducing emissions and traffic in cities as pointed out in this video. I don’t think we should do away with them but just introduce more safety measures like docking stations for the scooters to charge and reduce clutter/tipping over issue, 10MPH regulators, and limit availability after 10pm (as most injuries occur in late night hours). To make this industry closer to profitability these companies should look into advertising space on their scooters or said potential docking stations.

I wish there were more penalties for people leaving them wherever they please.

We need more motorized vehicles that can be easily accessed by drunk people. Keeping drunk people out of cars will greatly improve safety

Back in 2019 when we were in Washington d.c. they had those scooters and a half and it rode on a bird one and by now they have them in Kansas City

I bought my own personal e scooter with safety gear. I can't wait for the infrastructures to change to accommodate to this new way of commuting.

see these everywhere on my visit to budapest right now. first time i seen a city go all on it

when i had like 12 yrs old , i been to a karting club , where were like race cars like old karting cars , and when i first drived , i pushed the acceleration like , no look back right , and then some snow got into my eyes , and i hit the tiers across the road and continued going me almost falling off the ride , on 2 wheels , and then the curve came and i saw it barely like , and i got back on road , i was headbutting like upsidedown stuff , and then ppl pulled off the gasoline cable lol and i stoped , these must be nasty things.

It is important to note; yes 89% of the voters that showed in Paris did vote to ban them - but less than 10% of residents actually voted.

Just crossed 200miles on my ninebot with a 2 mile commute it's been a blast. I will add my work area has a perfect spot to store it out of the way.

San Diego has done a great job of geo fencing scooter usage and parking. They redesignated regular car parking spaces for shared emobility vehicles too which is great because you can fit more than 10 scooters in the space of one car! Now if only we could get designated infrastructure like protected bike/scooter lanes so you're not riding between cars... baby steps i guess

I enjoy the Lime scooters in my suburban city. I use them to get around town or just for fun.

I like how scooter owners get lumped in with rental companies that treat them like disposable property and renters abuse them.

The solution is just people buying their own personal scooters, not renting them everyday.

A true e-scooter solution would be better PEV infrastructure as many has pointed out, safe from cars and pedestrians. Parking can be solved by vertical trolley wheels, think trolley bag which is always with you and has low footprint area usage. Also, users must not unlock the safety (speed) limit; those things does wonders.

I own an e-scooter and I love it! All of the problems addressed in this article are the result of the rental model, and not a shortcoming of scooters alone.

The clutter part is where the weakness in the e schoolers is. If local business like parking garages etc would help to house the scooters instead of on the sidewalk there would be less issues. Maybe the price would go up but things could improve.

It is a new reality that needs to be dealt with and helped to grow safely . It got to be made available for everyone everywhere

Hell No!! Here in Tampabay you find these escooters in all states of disuse, disrepair, and oftentimes at the bottom of the bay. Big taxpayers expense extricating this pollution waste from the environment. In addition, there several near misses by automobiles and people when these things are driven on the sidewalk by ignorant individuals. Imagine walking out of your building only to have some idiot wiz by almost kocking you over possible injuring you.

I am curious how scooters will make major inroads into local car trips on a consistent basis. I am not riding a scooter six blocks to my local grocery store or dry cleaners and have to juggle four bags of groceries, three dress shirts and a couple slacks while trying to operate my scooter through traffic...and of course that's in good weather.

This is why it should be kept to personal brought scooter to prevent those who don’t treat them properly

The more scooters/cyclists/public transportation users = less traffic to get stuck in for drivers

4:40 They incorrectly state e-scooters emit 200g of CO2 per mile traveled, which is not correct. The actual amount is closer to 50g. If you google it, one of the first results is a Verge article which states the incorrect 200g number and 400g for cars. Clearly they just grabbed the first result they saw and never verified. Very poor research from CNBC

E-scooters were taking off in the uk till they were banned. The complaint about how e-scooters are sometimes left on the pavement is fair but these are rentals as private owners surely wouldn't leave their scooter on the street like that. E-scooters are the mist affordable means of zero local emission private transport but our government has pushed people back into previous forms of transport so they can push rental scooters. To me to increae safety it would make sense to make it mandatory to take a compulsory basic training course and pass. In the uk you have to have a drivers license (or provisional license) to rent an e-scooter but that doesn't mean you'd be any safer than specific training to understand the hazards of a two wheel vehicle.

Bro no way - 1:21 - What are the chances that you literally made part of the Twitter logo here whilst talking about Bird Global. 😆!!

I went to town on my motorcycle, rode past a lot of idiots on e-scooters who use the road instead of the cycle lane, rode past a couple of places with e-scooter riders running red lights, rode past a couple of places where e-scooter riders carry passengers (scooter are not made to carry two people...), the last straw for me was when I was looking for a specific motorcycle parking spot an idiot decided to park their e scooter there and take up the space. Sorry those services either need to be banned or implement a registration system where if users break some EUGs they get fined for it, similar to car sharing, it would solve sooooo many issues and reduce the number of irresponsible users by a huge amount (but then again those companies probably think less users = bad).

I love Bird & Lime scooters…I’ve got 37 of them in my garage already 😊

Love these scooters. Use to love riding these things in downtown Miami .

Idea, use a scooter container that hides the eye sore with an auto loader when you need one and when you turn it in.

Why did you put a photo from Lisbon in the tumbnail?

I ride a e-bike on day and bought my own bc I go from dc to md so it will save me money if I ride it 145 times 😭 just got it and I love it as my form of transportation

120,000 ER visits 6:24 I'm assuming that's Nationals since no city was cited. What's that, like 1% of the national motor vehicle ER visits? Mostly of these scooters can't go more than 15 or 20 mph. And injury severity is a square root of speed from what I understand.

They lay all over my town 🤷‍♀️ I have no idea how it even works.

I wish I could go up to 25mph on those scooters. It’s hard to keep up with the flow of traffic if I need to go into the road because someone is double parked on the bike lane. Rode one today and had to wait for 20 cars to pass before I could continue.

4:36 whhaaaattt??? How is an e-scooter the same emissions as a prius?! I find that very hard to believe.

I believe the shared escooter model has contributed significantly to the negative perception from the general public, they clutter up the pathways and drive up the negative statistics. Essentially these businesses are all about profit. e-scooters should be personally owned.

Apart from everything said in the video, you have to consider the amount of people who would normally walk, are now not getting any exercise. Eventually that leads to a greater impact on the healthcare system. At least with e-bikes you have to pedal to get the electric assist.

I see lots of scooters while commuting in the bike lane. I'm fine sharing *if* people ride to the right and pass left.

Scooter clutter can't be a hard fix.. If someone rents a scooter charge them a $50 fine if the scooter they rented isn't placed in a reasonable area when they are done.

For the main reasons bird tanks in my honest opinion it's because they required that I submit a photo of my driver's license which was a no-go I shouldn't need a driver's license to ride an electric scooter lime didn't require that so I use lime a lot.

Electric kick scooters are great for combining with transit because they fold up small and you can take them into your office and charge at your desk, but if you're doing the whole journey, electric bicycle will be much better.

Of course. I advocated for it 7 yrs old. It's a game changer for everyone

"15million miles" = how many collisions/ unreported injuries and such? And 2 miles for even 2-5 dollars?!? Truckers make 50 cents a mile!!!! Not affordable at all. If these are better than they shouldn't be rent to use. Monthly pass only or buy your own

Here in Auckland, New Zealand, we have plenty of those e-scooters just littered around the city, especially in the CBD.

They are very popular I see them everywhere now more than anything else like e-bikes, onewheels, etc

You have to make an informed choice when it comes to these things. These are not for everyone. Recent - some might even say that it’s ongoing - hike in used car prices tempted me into getting rid of my 2017 Sonata. I paid 20k new and sold at 18k in 2022, it was probably the best deal I could have possibly gotten with a Hyundai, a once in a lifetime kind of a deal. The problem was: what should I replace it with? The options ranged from a regular motorcycle, e-motorcycle, a moped, an ebike, a bike, e-scooter and e-skateboard. I live on a generally flat terrain, but the genius engineering of American highway entrances design means that a few roads I do have to go through have big inclines unsuitable for skateboards and other smaller capacity batteries. Most if not all retailers are dishonest with the battery capacity and ranges, real life ranges on electrified vehicles are basically less than half of what the lable says. That means, when a scooter is labeled at 7 miles range, it really only goes 3 miles on a flat land. Factor in inclines and it’s likely that it won’t even make 2 miles.That’s the reality. On the other side of the spectrum are the e-motorcycles and e-mopeds. Normal ones didn’t suit my needs as they would have cost me the same gas(petroleum) prices as well as environmentally vexing. Another problem on top of that is safety, when it goes faster it’s more dangerous. Many do make those vehicles work, but I never had a formal training with motorcycles and I was afraid I would eventually crash one, as the common saying goes. They also currently cost higher end of four figures, which was not easy to justify for me. So in my case, the best option ended up being an e-bike. Hundreds of years of bicycle history means a bike really is infinitely customizable: there can be cargos, trailer, extra seats, accessories holders, and the parts can be easily and cheaply replaced when broken. Also, a bike in general benefits best from the existing infrastructure. I can use it in conjunction to the bus network since my city buses have these bike racks on them, and since bike lanes are designed for bicycles, I don’t have to think about tripping over uneven grounds like I would had I been on a e-scooter. There are many bike mechanics conveniently nearby whereas a broken e-scooter had to be shipped if anyone even offered a repair at all. The downside was that bikes are attractive targets for thieves and I did get one stolen. Luckily I got it back and I started putting it inside my work when I arrive with apple airtag and I feel good about it. The extra benefit of it all is that since I got an ebike, I became quite healthier and have not had one single night where I would have problem falling asleep. I like to think it paid for itself, because a nice bed to cure my insomnia would have cost me twice what the bike would have. I think we might be not yet ready for e-scooters yet. It has the disadvantages of a bike without the positives of it. Please consider the range, safety of yourself and other pedestrians, the repairs, and