Taylor Comments on Environmental Impact of Electric Scooters

Brian Taylor, professor of urban planning, commented in a Vox story on the rapid proliferation of electric scooters in U.S. cities. While scooters could benefit the environment by replacing car trips, they might also discourage walking. “Some of those walk trips are likely to be taken away at the shorter end, and some of those car trips are those at the long end,” said Taylor, who also serves as director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UCLA Luskin. Taylor said scooters could encourage the use of public transit by solving the so-called “last mile” problem. “There’s the West L.A. rail station that’s a 22-minute walk from me. … I took a scooter the other day, and it took me five minutes,” Taylor said.


 

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  1. Tobias
    Tobias says:

    I would say it is a good start. There are many powerful scooter models, some can even handle distances up to 60 miles on a single charge. That should be more than enough to switch out the car. What I’m getting at is that this might be an eye-opener for people to see the benefits of actually owning one. This will hopefully encourage people to buy a model that is capable of handling most of their commutes.

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  2. JeffreyHollister
    JeffreyHollister says:

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