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In Paris and Berlin the alternatives are probably bikes, metro, or walking...

The 'Bicycles are fine but e-scooters are awful' argument comes up a lot, but doesn't make much sense. E-bikes are often ignored or just effectively invisible.

(I'll agree that rental scooter services have unique problems, but we shouldn't allow personally-owned scooters to be banned along with them)

The big question on whether e-scooters are great or awful really depends on what they're replacing. Bikes? Then they're awful. But cars? Then they're fantastic. But which is it?

In Amsterdam, my impression is that fat-tired e-bikes have become the standard replacement for mopeds, which I think is an improvement.

My read of the article is that it’s only about rental scooters. Personal scooters aren’t covered, and remain allowed.

This is good.

In the UK, personal scooters are still illegal, and the problems with rental schemes seem to be being used to keep it that way :(

So sad that metro workers go on strike so frequently.

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