#future possibilities

Like obviously as profit concepts, companies like Lime or Voi or Flamingo are still benefiting from high cost of living and low income with pay-to-rent-everything-forever models. But purely as a mode of transport, e-scooters are really fun and particularly the system of being able to find one around you very easily via a map, scanning a QR code to unlock it and leaving it somewhere safe for the next person to use, is really convenient and could be such a fun mode of public transport. It reminds me of the White Bike Plan by Provo, which tbf was mainly a performative stunt-based 'anarchist' movement in the 60s, but they sent a plan to the Amsterdam local government for a bike-sharing public transport system where the municipality would buy like 20 000 white bikes as public property in the city. In this case the e-scooter would be more convenient because it can go up to like 25 km/h (most of them have a speed limit of 15 in pedestrian heavy areas) with just a press of a button