I do wish there were a bigger push towards ebikes than escooters. I’ve ridden both, and I have pretty good balance, but the scooters felt incredibly dangerous the entire time. I used to support increasing the maximum speed limit on separated bikeways above the 25 that it currently is (and I still do support that for ebikes, up to at least 30—which would at least be more in line with America’s standard of 20 mph, and also more in line with my typical cruising speed on a pushbike), but seeing how unstable they are there’s no way I could condone that now.
My partner and an ex partner have both done serious injury to themselves on scooters, so I’m not sure that I’d be too unhappy if they were gone…
I do wish there were a bigger push towards ebikes than escooters. I’ve ridden both, and I have pretty good balance, but the scooters felt incredibly dangerous the entire time. I used to support increasing the maximum speed limit on separated bikeways above the 25 that it currently is (and I still do support that for ebikes, up to at least 30—which would at least be more in line with America’s standard of 20 mph, and also more in line with my typical cruising speed on a pushbike), but seeing how unstable they are there’s no way I could condone that now.