Awful. More than sad, horrific considering how many vulnerable inexperienced e-scooter drivers are in Oshawa since the shared micromobility pilot project was launched 3 weeks ago. Imo Council should end it without delay. Too much risk with too little preparation.
It is too clear to me that Oshawa does not have the infrastructure for this program at this time.
I was in Montreal last weekend and it does. 100% But to pretend Oshawa is suitably equipped for this is a harmful pretense. Elected representatives have a duty to ensure public safety and I have sent this message to Mayor Carter and my colleagues.
Although I can picture all the e-bike drivers and the clearly very efficient BIKEWAYS in Montreal, I now realize I can only see in my minds eye the blue shared e-bikes... looking up Montreal's e-scooter program and it seems they banned LIME and BIRD in 2020 after a short pilot project in 2019 that created a lot of problems when riders kept breaking the rules.
But before the e-scooters in Montreal were banned, unlike in Oshawa, the City of Montreal required the e-scooter drivers "to wear a helmet, be 18 or older and be licensed to drive a moped." and be parked in designed parking spots. www.mtlblog.com/montreal/montreal-lime-and-bird-scooters-officially-banned-after-riders-kept-breaking-rules?fbclid=IwAR2qVHmK817uU1Ya4m5QGdy5fsLkDHlCAgkA5XTlswd5irTh4QJ1qu0WLTQ
I was in Montreal last weekend and it does. 100% But to pretend Oshawa is suitably equipped for this is a harmful pretense. Elected representatives have a duty to ensure public safety and I have sent this message to Mayor Carter and my colleagues.
Although I can picture all the e-bike drivers and the clearly very efficient BIKEWAYS in Montreal, I now realize I can only see in my minds eye the blue shared e-bikes... looking up Montreal's e-scooter program and it seems they banned LIME and BIRD in 2020 after a short pilot project in 2019 that created a lot of problems when riders kept breaking the rules.
But before the e-scooters in Montreal were banned, unlike in Oshawa, the City of Montreal required the e-scooter drivers "to wear a helmet, be 18 or older and be licensed to drive a moped." and be parked in designed parking spots. www.mtlblog.com/montreal/montreal-lime-and-bird-scooters-officially-banned-after-riders-kept-breaking-rules?fbclid=IwAR2qVHmK817uU1Ya4m5QGdy5fsLkDHlCAgkA5XTlswd5irTh4QJ1qu0WLTQ