As Salt Lake City officials threaten to crack down on dockless e-scooter companies that don’t do enough to reduce incidents of their users riding on sidewalks, new data suggest solutions to the problem go beyond education efforts.
A survey conducted by Lime, one of four e-scooter companies currently operating within the city, found that the primary reason its users say they’re not on the streets isn’t because they don’t know the rules but because they fear for their safety riding next to fast-moving cars.
“Most people do not prefer to ride on the sidewalk,” Jonathan Hopkins, Lime’s director of strategic development in the Northwestern United States region, said of the results.