I've written about the popularity of bicycles in Seattle before. I alluded to how micromobility in general was quite popular, and theorized that it was likely due to the perfect weather aligned with great regulatory environment -- compared to say Bay Area, where the local governments banned those electric bikes and scooters.
So yeah, the electric scooters are quite popular here, every couple of blocks or so you see a bunch of them. Not just those though, electric bikes, or 'electric assists' are also available for rent, and so are....I don't know what they're called, maybe electric mopeds..but they look like bikes with two wheels but they don't have pedals, instead there's a place to rest your feet down, and they're limited in speed but you can rent them out by the hour, and they come with nice black helmets as well, so that's cool.
It makes sense, the city is quite hilly, and not everyone wants to be sweaty all the time at their destination, so electric micromobility is the ideal use case in this town. As an east coaster, it's just fascinating to see how things could have been in Boston as well.
Fingers crossed, it's still possible though.
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