E-scooters are probably superior to e-bikes in American cities if for no other reason than that you can fold them up and take them with you into buildings.
Yes I understand there are folding bikes, and provisions to allow bikes to be stored inside buildings too. But neither are perfectly implemented.
Leaving a halfway decent bike outside, locked or not, is just begging it to be stolen sooner or later.
I've been using a mix of folding bikes, (shared) e-scooters, and public transport, for a long time by now, and an additional problem of folding bikes is that at best, they're clunky to carry inside metro carriages (except high-end models, which are expensive).
E-scooters are not very easy to carry, either (15+ kgs is not light, and they're relatively long), but they're practical enough to use consistently.
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E-scooters are probably superior to e-bikes in American cities if for no other reason than that you can fold them up and take them with you into buildings.
Yes I understand there are folding bikes, and provisions to allow bikes to be stored inside buildings too. But neither are perfectly implemented.
Leaving a halfway decent bike outside, locked or not, is just begging it to be stolen sooner or later.
I've been using a mix of folding bikes, (shared) e-scooters, and public transport, for a long time by now, and an additional problem of folding bikes is that at best, they're clunky to carry inside metro carriages (except high-end models, which are expensive).
E-scooters are not very easy to carry, either (15+ kgs is not light, and they're relatively long), but they're practical enough to use consistently.