cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16064759
Sorry Darin, not a grass
On some things the UK is progressive, on other issues, like sustainable transport, they see it as antisocial behaviour.
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Escooter trials failed in York and Canterbury which shows that there are some spaces where they don't fit.
There are a limited number of medieval tourist hotspots but it is probably a bad idea to have anything too speedy in pedestrianised areas at peak times.
The trial is currently going on in Oxford and I think is going pretty well. The primary issue I've found is that the infrastructure just isn't good enough to keep up with this use, and so pedestrians, cyclists, and e-scooter riders are all uncomfortably close together considering their vastly different speeds.
If we improve the infrastructure though, I think they're great.
Thanks. I've only been to York once that I can remember but I can see immediately why it failed. Something whizzing along silently in a crowded pedestrian area with narrow pavements so people will be stepping into the road without looking, is fairly obviously going to be a disaster.
This is partially solved by auto limiting them when they enter a pedestrianised area. Seemed to work well in my local trial.