Canadian National Institute for the Blind calls for ban as mayor acknowledges use ‘mushrooming’
I had no idea e-scooters were illegal in TO. I have a feeling most don’t either.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
She remembers walking north on Jane Street in late June, on her way to work, when she heard the bell of an e-scooter ringing from behind her.
Earlier this summer, Toronto city council voted to pump the brakes on the latest bid to study legalizing e-scooters.
Staff are studying how different light-weight vehicle types including cargo bikes/trikes, e-mopeds and e-scooters could be used on city streets to reduce emissions and improve safety on Toronto’s roads.
The latest bid to legalize e-scooters comes two years after council decided to ban the small motorized vehicles on city streets, citing safety concerns.
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind has been among the groups speaking up about the dangers of e-scooters, especially for people with vision or hearing disabilities.
Nisha Mitchell, the program lead for advocacy, accessible community engagement for the CNIB in the Greater Toronto Area, said there must be mandatory technology to prevent scooters from being driven at high speeds and on sidewalks.
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Fighting this with regulation is a losing battle. The mobility revolution is already here. The long-term solution is to build more mobility lanes to accommodate.
Agreed. At the same time, it should be understood by everyone on the sidewalk that pedestrians have the right of way. People should be safe there without having to hear, see or move.
I feel awful for the woman hit and I believe that scooters shouldn’t be on the sidewalk. But it sounds like the CNIB still just wants them banned. 4 people are hit by a car every day in Toronto. It feels like complaining about mosquitoes while a bear is mauling you. Yes it sucks, but we should focus on getting cars off the road through transit and personal means of transportation like bikes and scooters with bike lanes.
We need better infrastructure for escooters and ebikes, not bans. The problem is there isn’t enough space dedicated to people who are not using a car to coexist, and every person not using a car is a good thing.