{"id":4292,"date":"2018-08-13T04:25:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T12:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2018-08-13T04:25:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T12:25:25","slug":"electric-scooters-is-the-newest-commuting-solution-bringing-chaos-to-community-associations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/electric-scooters-is-the-newest-commuting-solution-bringing-chaos-to-community-associations\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric scooters: Is the newest commuting solution bringing chaos to community associations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0    et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light  et_pb_text_align_left\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>Move over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/\">Uber<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyft.com\/\"> Lyft<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeshare.com\/\">bike shares<\/a>, dockless, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-downside-to-all-those-scooters-and-dockless-bikes-appearing-in-our-cities\/2018\/06\/20\/9e492c74-73f6-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?utm_term=.a15b4f1f0c3f\">electric scooters<\/a> are the newest mode of transportation taking over cities, and controversy has already come to some community associations.<\/p>\n<p>The scooters, which can go a maximum of 15 mph, provide a relatively cheap and convenient commuting solution for riders, according to the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-scooters-bike-share-20180523-story.html\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>. Riders download an app, provide payment, and then use the app\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s GPS to find an available scooter, which they unlock with their phone. Once riders reach their destination, they re-lock the scooter with the app. Riders are supposed to park the scooters on the side of the road or sidewalk so they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t block vehicle or pedestrian traffic, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not always the case.<\/p>\n<p>In Los Angeles, where the scooters have gained a lot of traction, community associations are finding abandoned scooters within their gates, including in their driveways, on sidewalks, and near entrances, which presents a safety hazard. Some residents even describe the scooters as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sidewalk litter.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Cities across the country have started to regulate where the scooters can be ridden (ideally, in bike lanes) and where they can be left. A Los Angeles proposal would require that the scooters and dockless bicycles be parked in the outer edge of the sidewalk and locked to something, such as a bike rack or a parking meter, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The scooters have become such a nuisance in San Francisco and Santa Monica, Calif., that officials have been sending cease-and-desist notices and holding emergency meetings, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/20\/technology\/electric-scooters-are-causing-havoc-this-man-is-shrugging-it-off.html\">The New York Times<\/a><\/em> reports. Some cities have filed charges against the scooter companies.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you noticed dockless, electric scooters on your condominium or community association property? Will you consider developing rules on this new mode of transportation? Tell us in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_text -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_column --><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_row --><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_section --><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/electric-scooters-is-the-newest-commuting-solution-bringing-chaos-to-community-associations\/\">Electric scooters: Is the newest commuting solution bringing chaos to community associations?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/\">Ungated: Community Associations Institute Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/electric-scooters-is-the-newest-commuting-solution-bringing-chaos-to-community-associations\/\">Electric scooters: Is the newest commuting solution bringing chaos to community associations?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/\">Ungated: Community Associations Institute Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[264,272,275,417,619,871,2018],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}