Better transportation option than what? And very environmentally friendly compared to what? You're replying to someone who's comparing it to _walking_ among other things. Scooters certainly are not more environmentally friendly than walking. Is it a better option than walking? I guess it might be when comparing the ease of range. Though its range is certainly worse than something like say biking.
How many people are moved by shared scooters over its lifetime and how much energy went into its production and maintenance? Depending on the answers to these questions, shared scooters could certainly be worse in general. These seem to be the sort of questions the original study is trying to address.
There's a concept of environmental justice, where those most responsible for climate change should have to take the most drastic actions to respond to it. And then there's those who advocate for (or at least strongly insinuate that we should) deny folks access to shared e-bikes because then they'll be forced to walk.
I agree. Mobility pretty much directly correlates with QoL. It's a trip to the bar, to see grandma, to the supermarket that doesn't screw you on price, to the job you don't hate.
But people are gonna get some ideological whiplash because they're so used to slinging around tropes about induced demand being bad.
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Improving people's mobility isn't "worse". Giving someone a better transportation option that is also very environmentally friendly is a good thing
Better transportation option than what? And very environmentally friendly compared to what? You're replying to someone who's comparing it to _walking_ among other things. Scooters certainly are not more environmentally friendly than walking. Is it a better option than walking? I guess it might be when comparing the ease of range. Though its range is certainly worse than something like say biking.
How many people are moved by shared scooters over its lifetime and how much energy went into its production and maintenance? Depending on the answers to these questions, shared scooters could certainly be worse in general. These seem to be the sort of questions the original study is trying to address.
There's a concept of environmental justice, where those most responsible for climate change should have to take the most drastic actions to respond to it. And then there's those who advocate for (or at least strongly insinuate that we should) deny folks access to shared e-bikes because then they'll be forced to walk.
I don't understand your point.
I agree. Mobility pretty much directly correlates with QoL. It's a trip to the bar, to see grandma, to the supermarket that doesn't screw you on price, to the job you don't hate.
But people are gonna get some ideological whiplash because they're so used to slinging around tropes about induced demand being bad.
The study isn't weighing that.
Its just saying emissionAmount(method) < emissionAmount(otherMethod)
results might surprise you