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That is a dumb law that was made when motorcycles were the only vehicles competing inside walks.

There is very little traffic on sidewalks and using it for pedestrians and scooters and bicycles is much better. Especially considering that cyclists can pause or go around pedestrians when necessary.

Having an absolute law rather than an adaptive is not useful to the community.

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Tell that to the wheelchair bound person who now have to deal with a scooter blocking their path every 20 yards.

I use a wheelchair. It would certainly suck to have a scooter blocking my path.

But I don’t think scooters parked in the sidewalk apply to me very much. If we’re moving, they or I move around each other.

I encounter cars blocking sidewalks all the time. Cars haven't been banned yet.

> There is very little traffic on sidewalks

lol. i guess the plebs who can't afford uber don't count as people. SF sidewalks have seem pretty packed to me whenever I am there.

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