200,000 Lime trips since it began
Lime scooters have seen 200,000 trips since they started here in mid-August. The permit for the initial experiment expires this Friday but I can’t imagine many people have been using them this week, unless they take ’em inside.
Ephraim 09:51 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
In other news, just 2 of them have ever been parked properly. 😀
Chris 10:12 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
In other news, just 2 motorists have ever properly yielded at crosswalks. Better ban all cars, right? 🙂
Ephraim 10:29 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
So, do you see many cars parked on the sidewalk? Ad Absurdum gets answered with ad absurdum.
The point is that Lime should take the bulls by the horns and ensure that they are parked properly for the longevity of their project. Never mind remind people to keep them off the sidewalk.
Kate 10:51 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
Ephraim, cars are parked half across the sidewalk in a lot of parts of town. I have to edge around parked cars on the sidewalk if I go out to lunch from where I work.
Ephraim 12:29 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
The only time I have seen cars parked on the sidewalk was in the Middle East, where it was allowed and common practice.
Is the city ticketing them? Why the heck would anyone park on the sidewalk?
Blork 12:30 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
Ephraim, have you never been to France?
Michael Black 12:53 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
I don’t see it as often, but I remember a time in the nineties when it was pretty common to see cars parked partially on the sidewalk, ie one set of wheels up. It struck me at the time that after a certain point, people were doing it because they saw others doing it.
Then there was the time I was walkabouting up Decarie and a line of cars were waiting on the sidewalk, near a gas station. I assumed they were waiting for the car wash. It was like I didn’t exist.
Michael
Ephraim 13:35 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
@Blork – Yes, seen it in Europe, as well… but generally it’s specifically allowed. I’ve never seen people doing it habitually in Montreal. The police used to do it on Prince Arthur when they went for coffee… but it stopped after someone brought it up with the chief and mentioned how bad it would look a the commission, if someone sent them a picture of it.
mare 17:12 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
@Ephraim “someone”?
(You’re well informed 😉 )
Ephraim 19:08 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
@mare – Yup… someone. It’s amazing how people forget that we all walk around with cameras these days… and a picture is just a social media post and an email post away from the Commission.
Chris 20:08 on 2019-11-14 Permalink
Ephraim, cars are very often parked illegally, including within 5 m of a crosswalk or intersection, which is illegal and hardly ever enforced. But I wasn’t comparing parking to parking, I was comparing rule breaking to rule breaking. Users of every mode of transport break rules, jaywalking pedestrians, salmoning cyclists, speeding motorists, etc. etc. It’s odd that you get your knickers in a knot about Lime users but not others.