Originally Posted by tandempower

I agree with you that share scooters/bikes shouldn't litter sidewalks, parking lots, roads, highways, or anything else. I think the same about cars. I also have thought of ways for scooters and bikes to be stacked more neatly so they take up less space. I can't do the same for cars and trucks, because they are huge. They require wide lanes and parking spots that have multiplied due to sprawl-development. Still, I think there is a place for automotive transportation, even personal motorized transportation, but it will be easier to make it smaller once autonomous vehicle systems make people feel safer. Currently people want larger vehicles because they expect crashes. They EXPECT crashes! To reduce the volume of all this automotive metal and pavement, people have to become absolutely comfortable that they can walk or bike anywhere without the threat of being smashed by a car or truck. When that happens, it will be much easier to reduce the total volume of metal and pavement, just like it will be possible to reduce the mess of share scooters and bikes once they are equipped with folding handlebars and neatly-stackable designs so that ten or more share bikes/scooters can fit in docking stations every block or two, the same way shopping carts do.