resulting in the deaths of three people in Paris last year
Oh, wow! Paris will be so much safer now! I sure love not having to worry about a form of personal transportation that was responsible for three (3) deaths in a year - goodness knows what the city would look like if there was an even worse offender!
Paris already has pretty high congestion taxes to reduce cars. They have a solid public transit system that most people use. Spent two weeks there right before COVID and never once needed a car - metro was always faster and cheaper according to Google Maps.
Last time I was in Paris I saw small mountains everywhere of those on the street where people tossed them or collected them in a single spot. It was insane. I think Paris had an issue with the amount of escooters that flooded the city. Vienna for example has put a limit on the amount of scooters - seems to work so far.
Good! This was meant to foster electric micro-mobility, but I see mostly kids and teenagers using them for joyriding and then leave them somewhere on the sidewalk or throw them in some ditch.
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rtxn@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Oh, wow! Paris will be so much safer now! I sure love not having to worry about a form of personal transportation that was responsible for three (3) deaths in a year - goodness knows what the city would look like if there was an even worse offender!
Alami@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
It was a good solution, only once more humanity proved itself lame. Surprised? Nah
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I dunno, this kinda seems like a step backwards. Are there really alternatives other than cars that people want to use?
expected_crayon@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Paris already has pretty high congestion taxes to reduce cars. They have a solid public transit system that most people use. Spent two weeks there right before COVID and never once needed a car - metro was always faster and cheaper according to Google Maps.
crimsdings@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Last time I was in Paris I saw small mountains everywhere of those on the street where people tossed them or collected them in a single spot. It was insane. I think Paris had an issue with the amount of escooters that flooded the city. Vienna for example has put a limit on the amount of scooters - seems to work so far.
ShroOmeric@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
First of many hopefully
TheProtagonist@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2y
Good! This was meant to foster electric micro-mobility, but I see mostly kids and teenagers using them for joyriding and then leave them somewhere on the sidewalk or throw them in some ditch.