Scooters Reveal Urban America's Transportation Crisis

The transportation options in urban America leave much to be desired. There are crumbling metro systems, roads packed to the brim with car traffic, and around 1,000 bicycle deaths and 467,000 bicycle accidents per year. Silicon Valley and various tech enterprises have sought to “disrupt” this status quo with convenience-first solutions. First it was ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft, which created various labor issues, and additional car traffic. Then dockless bikes, which cities fought against because they can be messy and threaten public bikeshare systems.
Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbk8v8/scooters-reveal-urban-americas-transportation-crisis?source=Snapzu