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<br />20 <br /> <br />CONCERNS <br />SAFETY SUSTAINABILITY <br />• Injury, to self or others • Might end up in the river <br />• Potential collisions/conflicts with other persons • Might replace walking and biking trips, not car trips <br />• Sidewalk riding • Scooter lifespan <br />• Helmet use • Will fill landfills <br />• Intoxicated riders • Battery components and plastics <br />• Inexperienced riders • Do not believe scooters are eco-friendly <br />• Not enough safe infrastructure • Negative environmental impact: use electricity <br />• Bike lanes not safe option • Will negatively impact bikeshare <br />• Potential to cause traffic collisions • Potential to cause more traffic and pollution <br />• Speeding • EVs in general are not sustainable <br />• Underaged riders • Energy security via renewable energy is a myth <br />• Unsafe Riding • Will not get people out of their cars <br />• Might result in deaths EQUITY <br />• Impact of wet winter weather on safety and ridership • Only serves the young and able-bodied <br />• Scooters will make pedestrians and bicyclists feel unsafe • Is only for the wealthy <br />• Unsafe operation of scooters in roadways • Potential to further class divisions <br />• People riding where they shouldn't • Only for a few, not the whole <br />• Might add danger to sidewalks UNCATEGORIZED <br />• Street riding seems dangerous • Ability of City to conduct enforcement <br />PARKING • Liability <br />• Unwanted parking behavior • Scooters seen as toys, not to be valued - encourages abuse <br />• Parking stations will take valuable sidewalk/parking real estate • Will create more problems than solutions <br />• Parking outside of designated areas • Obstruction of waterfront <br />Mobility and Access • Would create an uninviting Downtown experience <br />• Sidewalk obstruction • Don't trust citizens to handle e-scooters <br />• Blocked bike lanes • Reliance on 5G tech <br />• Congestion in bike lanes • Limits of Technology <br />EQUIPMENT ABUSE • Drivers will be blamed for poor scooter use <br />• Vandalism • Non-local companies not paying fair share of Oregon taxes <br />• Theft • Sidewalks too small <br />February 26, 2020, Work Session – Item 2