When I was in Nashville last March, the taxi driver that was taking me to the airport was a talker. He explained how Uber and such had driven a lot of taxi drivers out of business. We passed a group of ride-share scooters, he said to make ends meet a lot of taxi drivers have contracts with the scooter company. Late at night they drive around town, picking up the scooters and take them to a charging location, then redistribute them back out on the streets.
Have you, or would you, ride one of the electric scooters?
Sorry I was late posting today!
ReplyDeleteNot if I want to live!
ReplyDeleteAs my neurosurgeon put it, "don't do anything stupid!"
DeleteI despise those urban scooters. They are a menace on the streets.
ReplyDeleteAnd scatter all over the sidewalks, I tend to agree, I think "dockless" is a terrible idea.
DeleteHe is very greedy using all those scooters. Interesting about the taxi drivers collecting them. There is a push for electric scooters to be allowed here. The dockless bike scheme was a disaster and the docked bike for hire is closing down. Maybe not for electric scooters/bikes, but ones where you have to pedal or push invariable end up at the bottom of hills.
ReplyDeletenah, I'mma having too much trouble just walking at this point!
ReplyDeleteThey sometimes look like fun, but without decent regulations, they’re a huge danger here. People speeding among pedestrians, dodging traffic. I think I’ll pass.
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