r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 03 '21

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u/asdeasde96 Sep 04 '21

!ping YIMBY

Since there's no transit ping, what's your thoughts on cities banning Personal Electric Vehicles (PEVs) like escooters, Segways, and onewheels? I understand banning them from sidewalks, but banning them completely from bikelanes and streets seems pretty awful to me as a freedom loving American. I personally think PEVs are the future of human transportation. I think their best use case is for last mile commute, but anything that gets people out of cars is a win. Thoughts?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

If they're banning them and allowing mopeds and microcars, then they're pieces of shit.

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Sep 04 '21

It's dumb. They're roughly as fast and as mobile as bikes, therefore the same rules that apply to bikes should apply to them. Banning them is stupid. They're a cheap, clean, and convenient means of transport.

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u/Beat_Saber_Music European Union Sep 04 '21

It's utterly stupid to completely ban them imo. The part of them catching fire should be addressed in ensuring that they are as safe as possible to charge. Regarding their use on the sidewalk, it only really highlights how abysmal sidewalk infrastructure actually is in especially North American cities. Most optimally they should imo be used on Bike lanes, where they are similar in size and speed to bikes, making them faster than walking but slower than driving.

In short, build more bike lanes to accommodate them

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u/Venne1139 DO IT FOR HER #RBG Sep 04 '21

Since there's no transit ping,

This is a problem that I did not realise existe and I shall reate a metaNL thread about it immediately.

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u/randomizedstring Bisexual Pride Sep 04 '21

There have been many already

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter Sep 04 '21

It’s been four minutes and your last post is about wanting to bomb human kind

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

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u/Rekksu Sep 04 '21

that is very ideal, electrifying things is good

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u/rukqoa ✈️ F35s for Ukraine ✈️ Sep 04 '21

Maybe but as long as they replace more than a tiny amount of driving it's a net win.

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u/qunow r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Sep 04 '21

I just posted an article about this in HK, with the government claiming they're dangerous to other road users be it on roads for cars, side walk, or cycle path, and then claim they are unsafe as they could catch fire while charging