Why not keep the scooters in the cars. Grab one on the way out, leave it behind when you get home. Request an uber with a scooter in it. There will have to be some leveling between cars but that’s surely easier than blanketing the city.
Mass transit would benefit better from a scooter partnership.
- they were spaced too far apart
- they weren't in residential areas
The dockless bikes, and scooters, were a response to that. We could go back to using docks if we solved those two problems.
Or what if there was a hybrid approach, incentivising users who brought their bike / scooter to a dock by making the ride cheaper or free?
You can park them on the street in a regular parking spot (in most neighborhoods), or park them in a garage charging spot and get $1 off your ride. If you return a sidewalk-parked Scoot that is almost out of power, then your ride is free. It works pretty well and the pricing seems pretty fair.
I wonder why. Perhaps Scoot just looks like a much bigger hurdle? If I'm going to rent this big thing, put on a helmet and everything, then I might as well just call a Uber and call it a day? I don't know.