Salt Lake City Transportation Director Jon Larsen wrote a stern letter to e-scooter companies last month about their customers riding on sidewalks. Larsen threatened more rules, restrictions, even bans, if companies can’t show progress on the issue.
Because it’s us who decide where and how to ride the e-scooters in question. It’s people who sometimes behave badly in traffic.
As an experienced transportation engineer, Larsen knows why people act certain ways in transit. For example, the design of the street and its surroundings will dictate the speed of drivers, regardless of the posted speed limit.