PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] at your earliest convenience. Ask for an open discussion on the shared e-scooter program. At this early time before bad habits become hard to break, Oshawans could ask the City to investigate what new rules or policies could be enacted in Oshawa for the program to be made safer and a better fit.
On Saturday, in the CBC article on the shared e-scooters in Oshawa "Is it time for Oshawa to pump the brakes on electric scooters? Some call for pause on project While many tout e-scooters' convenience, others worry about safety" it states: "CBC News has reached out to Oshawa's mayor and the councillors who voted against hearing the motion but has not received a response."
Meanwhile many have written me, in fact, I am behind on sending thank you replies. Concerns range -not just of the number of Bird or Neuron e-scooters scattered in parking lots, blocking paths of travel on trails and sidewalks, but how a number are seeing them with 2 people on one e-scooter, and the shared e-scooters being driven on sidewalks, through red lights, or down the middle of the road, weaving around vehicles in traffic.
A commenter posted on my social media page on the weekend how an Oshawa Councillor told her husband: "It's a non-issue. Other than the fatal accident, other issues have been minimal. More issues with regular bikes."
"OTHER THAN THE FATAL ACCIDENT" imo is extraordinarily tone deaf and the "more issues with regular bikes" is unreal given that no members of Council have been provided any comprehensive data on the shared e-scooter program 'issues' in Oshawa. No word on the number of complaints, accidents, injuries. Bikes have been around forever and most learn to ride them as children. It seems very unbalanced to relate data on bike accidents, injuries and deaths in Oshawa from over a longer period of time...to the shared e-scooter program which has been in Oshawa for less than 2 months.
Most cities in Ontario are unique in a lot of ways, irrespective of similar population size and geographic area: the layout of their roads and infrastructure, speed limits, traffic volumes, one way streets, types and lengths of trails (off-road or on-road) can make comparisons between them like trying on a coat. A coat may be your size but consider how many times it doesn't fit or feel right.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oshawa-electric-scooter-program-1.6869849?fbclid=IwAR3Xq97U4zgU9SDPj-mmFycbYqR9H_0lOV3WcQPeo3d4_krG2H4z-tCXFIQ
On Saturday, in the CBC article on the shared e-scooters in Oshawa "Is it time for Oshawa to pump the brakes on electric scooters? Some call for pause on project While many tout e-scooters' convenience, others worry about safety" it states: "CBC News has reached out to Oshawa's mayor and the councillors who voted against hearing the motion but has not received a response."
Meanwhile many have written me, in fact, I am behind on sending thank you replies. Concerns range -not just of the number of Bird or Neuron e-scooters scattered in parking lots, blocking paths of travel on trails and sidewalks, but how a number are seeing them with 2 people on one e-scooter, and the shared e-scooters being driven on sidewalks, through red lights, or down the middle of the road, weaving around vehicles in traffic.
A commenter posted on my social media page on the weekend how an Oshawa Councillor told her husband: "It's a non-issue. Other than the fatal accident, other issues have been minimal. More issues with regular bikes."
"OTHER THAN THE FATAL ACCIDENT" imo is extraordinarily tone deaf and the "more issues with regular bikes" is unreal given that no members of Council have been provided any comprehensive data on the shared e-scooter program 'issues' in Oshawa. No word on the number of complaints, accidents, injuries. Bikes have been around forever and most learn to ride them as children. It seems very unbalanced to relate data on bike accidents, injuries and deaths in Oshawa from over a longer period of time...to the shared e-scooter program which has been in Oshawa for less than 2 months.
Most cities in Ontario are unique in a lot of ways, irrespective of similar population size and geographic area: the layout of their roads and infrastructure, speed limits, traffic volumes, one way streets, types and lengths of trails (off-road or on-road) can make comparisons between them like trying on a coat. A coat may be your size but consider how many times it doesn't fit or feel right.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oshawa-electric-scooter-program-1.6869849?fbclid=IwAR3Xq97U4zgU9SDPj-mmFycbYqR9H_0lOV3WcQPeo3d4_krG2H4z-tCXFIQ
