Scoot off

Recent decisions by several Australian and New Zealand cities to discontinue shared e‑scooter services have again thrust the issue into the spotlight with their convenience for users balanced against the annoyance they cause to everyone else.

Rounding up the e-scooters

Dumped E-bikes and e-scooters litter our pavements, while in use they menace pedestrians and cause danger on the roads, but a new survey of their use in Melbourne offers some strategies to at least minimise the parking problem.

Scooter wars

E-scooters, like E-bikes, are now a common site in Australia’s cities, offering users a quick, cheap form of urban transport – and posing a menace to pedestrians, road users and the riders themselves.