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E-scooters are really much more practical than Segways (as well as a lot cheaper) due to being narrow rather than wide - much better suited to being ridden on the sidewalk.

Segway's really seem to have found their niche as more of a toy than means of transport in the form of tourist Segway tours. They are at least fun and do work well, even if a bit ill-conceived!

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As a pedestrian, please don't use scooters on the sidewalk.

What I see here, in the US, is mostly schoolkids using scooters to go to school as an alternate to bikes (which they also ride on the sidewalk).

Agreed that a mix of scooters/bikes and pedestrians on the sidewalk isn't ideal, but better than the alternative of having the kids on the road, since scooters and bikes (esp. driven by kids) don't mix well with cars and trucks either.

Other countries solve this better with safe bike lanes, etc.

In my US city, it is specifically illegal to ride a bike, escooter, or similar on the sidewalks. I rarely see children biking on the sidewalks -- they stick to the bike paths.

I really wish that the police would enforce the ban better, though. Accidents on the sidewalks are pretty common, and I've even been yelled at by bicyclists for daring to walk on the sidewalk.

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