Prague will ban electric scooter rentals from January 2026, with the Czech capital’s deputy mayor criticizing the tourist-friendly transport option for causing chaos on sidewalks.
That’s the exact problem here in Denmark, they’ll get thrown everywhere in especially inconsiderate ways like across the sidewalks or something stupid like that.
They shouldn’t be banned, but there must be some way to force either the company or the user to make sure they’re parked in a way that isn’t across the sidewalks.
I suppose Prague does not have dedicated bike lanes.
If it is like in Italy, the problem is not where you drive it but where you leave it at the end of your ride
That’s the exact problem here in Denmark, they’ll get thrown everywhere in especially inconsiderate ways like across the sidewalks or something stupid like that.
True, but banning them altogether seems like the wrong and a somewhat backwards lesson to take from that
They shouldn’t be banned, but there must be some way to force either the company or the user to make sure they’re parked in a way that isn’t across the sidewalks.
It’s maybe the most car centric city in Europe. The urbanist Adam something has an indepth video on it.
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