Are electric scooters an urban scourge, or the latest innovation in personal transportation? I’m leaning toward the latter.
“I don’t think you can stop them.” That’s what one friend said as we discussed the phenomenon — I’d never thought about them much at all, least of all as inevitable. Then all of a sudden there were 100 scooters on State Street.
I came upon one after lunch, unlocked it, and pushed off. Not ready to ride on State Street, I turned onto Arlington Avenue and immediately encountered the Public Works impound crew: “People are riding them on the sidewalk.”