Cars are bad. But rental scooters and bikes being thrown all over the place and blocking pedestrian infrastructure because the bazinga companies owning them are not being held accountable is a public nuisance.
Able-bodied persons can move the damn thing or step over them and only be mildly inconvenienced but doing that is not so easy if you are disabled, elderly or if you're just walking with a stroller. Also, a scooter or bike littering a bike lane can be dangerous in poor lighting or other poor visibility situations.
A type of system where people ride their own bikes or scooters and can bring them on public transit is much to be preferred as people care about those and park them sensibly.
Quick idea: Give everyone their own bike and charge tourists a mandatory tax that gives them a rental bike for the duration of their stay, that they are responsible for returning.
Cars are bad. But rental scooters and bikes being thrown all over the place and blocking pedestrian infrastructure because the bazinga companies owning them are not being held accountable is a public nuisance.
Able-bodied persons can move the damn thing or step over them and only be mildly inconvenienced but doing that is not so easy if you are disabled, elderly or if you're just walking with a stroller. Also, a scooter or bike littering a bike lane can be dangerous in poor lighting or other poor visibility situations.
A type of system where people ride their own bikes or scooters and can bring them on public transit is much to be preferred as people care about those and park them sensibly.
Quick idea: Give everyone their own bike and charge tourists a mandatory tax that gives them a rental bike for the duration of their stay, that they are responsible for returning.