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    1. michal Naka‏ @michalnaka 26 Jul 2018

      michal Naka Retweeted Portland Bureau of Transportation

      And we wonder why we don’t have reliable transportation alternatives to the automobile in the US, when city transportation departments stereotype and stigmatize any ‘new’ form of mobility:https://twitter.com/pbotinfo/status/1022504328521703424 …

      michal Naka added,

      Portland Bureau of TransportationVerified account @PBOTinfo
      Or maybe they’re toys that tech bros leave lazily strewn about, blocking corner ramps needed for people with disabilities. Also, people need to know the helmet laws for scooters are different than for bicycles. We’ll see how it goes during this pilot period!
      3 replies 6 retweets 36 likes
    2. Owen Williams  ⚡‏Verified account @ow 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @michalnaka @thijsniks

      You do know their business model is basically based on making the city to clean up their mess right? It's easy to understand why cities are getting pissy.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. michal Naka‏ @michalnaka 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ow @thijsniks

      What? How is their biz model based on that?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Owen Williams  ⚡‏Verified account @ow 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @michalnaka @thijsniks

      If you do the math, the business model is a function of the cost of a scooter, dumping it on the street, and never maintaining it themselves directly

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. cassius jones‏ @CassiusDeHaight 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ow @michalnaka @thijsniks

      Do you know how much land cities elect to allocate to free car storage? I think it’s more than reasonable for smaller, more efficient and more environmentally friendly methods to ask for 1/10th the treatment cars are given.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Owen Williams  ⚡‏Verified account @ow 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @CassiusDeHaight @jones_cassius and

      It's more than reasonable to do that _constructively with the city_ but the opposite is what happens; these companies show up and spam the city in the hope they'll force the regulation, not the other way around.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. cassius jones‏ @CassiusDeHaight 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ow @michalnaka @thijsniks

      I agree that the Bird approach in Santa Monica and a few other locals (not just Bird) was not great and reflects poorly on the market as a whole. But in this case it looks like PBOT issued permits no?pic.twitter.com/SXbh8CZkDo

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    8. Owen Williams  ⚡‏Verified account @ow 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @CassiusDeHaight @jones_cassius and

      Yup, but afaik the permits don't take into account maintenance plans - just scooter numbers. I'm OK with scooters, but a plan for dealing with them that doesn't fall back on the taxpayer is important.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. cassius jones‏ @CassiusDeHaight 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ow @michalnaka @thijsniks

      So my understanding is the scooter companies pay contractors to charge and redistribute the scooters. I’m not sure what other costs there are? And how those costs stack up to the tremendous negative externalities of omnipresent car use?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. Owen Williams  ⚡‏Verified account @ow 26 Jul 2018
      Replying to @CassiusDeHaight @jones_cassius and

      I won't discount the problems with cars, but the difference here is that the cars pay a huge amount of tax/fees/registration to be on the road. Should scooters do the same if we replace them?

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      Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 27 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ow @jones_cassius @michalnaka

      Easy fix, if taxation is the problem

      12:39 AM - 27 Jul 2018
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