Kansas City Should Ban E-Scooter Networks Amid Transit FAIL

Just a few years ago transit activists promised us that E-scooter networks would solve "last-mile" problems and provide a safe, affordable and efficient mode of transit to workers throughout Kansas City.

That never happened.

Instead . . .

E-Scooters blight Kansas City streets. 

E-Scooters have injured dozens of locals and most riders don't bother to wear helmets. 

E-Scooters are mostly utilized by youngsters who often ride on the sidewalk, brazenly disobey traffic laws and otherwise use the tech to terrorize urban neighborhoods. 

We don't think cops should waste time dealing with this worsening problem. 

Instead . . . The solution is clear . . .  . . .

IT'S TIME FOR KANSAS CITY TO BAN E-SCOOTER NETWORKS!!!

If locals or even youngsters want to buy their own scooter and ride it around . . . Cool. 

However . . . Using KCMO streets as a littering ground for scooter networks and this sketchy transit scheme hasn't delivered on promises and likely never will. 

A few more fact checks worth considering . . .

Scooters are worse for the environment than the modes of transportation they’re replacing, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research Letters.

Injuries have become more severe: In the past decade, the number of patients admitted to hospitals after an e-scooter accident rose from one in 20 to one in eight. 

While users hail them as Eco-friendly ways to avoid gridlock, detractors consider them as an unsightly menace with the power to maim and kill.

As usual, our www.TonysKansasCity.com blog community would like to remind locals that NOBODY ASKED FOR A VOTE on this invasive local tech.  

Instead . . . E-scooter networks were foist upon urban neighborhoods with promises that haven't come close to materializing and very real problems that worsen local life.

Now, at the end of Summer, it's time for this cowtown to grow up, refute Silicon Valley startup propaganda and realize that E-scooters were nothing more than hype and it's time to clean up so much tech trash on Kansas City streets.

You decide . . .