Recent Streetsblog LA posts about e-scooters

Bike Walk Nashville actually held a class instructing people on how to scoot safely. Photo: Bike Walk Nashville

Federal E-Scooter Safety Report Raises Serious Concerns

By Angie Schmitt | May 3, 2019 | No Comments

A study released today by the Centers for Disease Control [PDF] was supposed to finally put to rest one of the most pressing questions about e-scooters: Are they safe? Instead, we still don’t really have a good answer.

E-scooters parked at Metro Wilshire/Vermont station this morning. Metro is looking to better manage shared device parking at its sites. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

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Metro Considering E-Scooter Parking Rules for Stations

By Joe Linton | Apr 18, 2019 | 7 Comments

Will Metro station docks work to manage dockless devices?

E-scooter parking on Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: L.A.’s New Sidewalk E-Scooter Parking Zones

By Joe Linton | Mar 25, 2019 | 1 Comment

LADOT has added dockless device parking on downtown L.A. sidewalks

Can a "hit-and-run accident" actually exist? Screenprint from Santa Monica Mirror

Car-Centric Biases Show in Coverage of Deadly Hit-and-Run Car-Scooter Crash

By Joe Linton | Mar 19, 2019 | 1 Comment

Mainstream media coverage of L.A. County's first e-scooter death calls it a "hit-and-run accident." No.

Cm Cedillo wants to exclude his district from L.A.'s citywide scooter pilot regulations going into effect this month. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Councilmember Gil Cedillo Proposes E-Scooter Ban in His District

By Joe Linton | Mar 5, 2019 | 5 Comments

City Councilmember Gil Cedillo wants to exclude his district from LADOT's dockless e-scooter pilot program starting this month

E-scooters have potential to transform cities. Photo: Nathan Rupert/Flickr

Little Vehicles (including E-Scooters) Can Help Heal Car-Centric Cities

By Gerhard Mayer | Jan 30, 2019 | 1 Comment

LVs can be the catalyst for L.A. to transform the urban fabric long term, to work better as compact walkable urban fabric around transit.

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