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[โ€“] rtxn 11 points 1 year ago

resulting in the deaths of three people in Paris last year

Oh, wow! Paris will be so much safer now! I sure love not having to worry about a form of personal transportation that was responsible for three (3) deaths in a year - goodness knows what the city would look like if there was an even worse offender!

[โ€“] Alami 8 points 1 year ago

It was a good solution, only once more humanity proved itself lame. Surprised? Nah

[โ€“] carl_dungeon 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dunno, this kinda seems like a step backwards. Are there really alternatives other than cars that people want to use?

[โ€“] expected_crayon 14 points 1 year ago

Paris already has pretty high congestion taxes to reduce cars. They have a solid public transit system that most people use. Spent two weeks there right before COVID and never once needed a car - metro was always faster and cheaper according to Google Maps.

[โ€“] crimsdings 5 points 1 year ago

Last time I was in Paris I saw small mountains everywhere of those on the street where people tossed them or collected them in a single spot. It was insane. I think Paris had an issue with the amount of escooters that flooded the city. Vienna for example has put a limit on the amount of scooters - seems to work so far.

[โ€“] ShroOmeric -1 points 1 year ago

First of many hopefully

[โ€“] TheProtagonist -3 points 1 year ago

Good! This was meant to foster electric micro-mobility, but I see mostly kids and teenagers using them for joyriding and then leave them somewhere on the sidewalk or throw them in some ditch.