Like many places around the world, Salt Lake City’s streets are awash in e-scooters. And in each place — from Paris and New York, to Madrid, San Diego and more — cities have wrestled with finding a balance between scooter use and public safety.
It’s an important conversation that affects all of us, especially because scooter use, which topped 38.5 million rides across the U.S. in 2018, is expected to continue to grow.
But, as members of Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s Accessibility Advisory Committee, we are particularly attuned to the challenges scooter usage presents for those in our community who live with disabilities.