Nov 29, 2022
In communities across the U.S., city leaders have reacted to
safety concerns about the shared e-scooter industry with fleet
curfews, neighborhood restrictions, and even outright bans. Those
blunt policies, though, might hurt more people than they help —
especially when it comes to socially and racially marginalized
communities without other ways to get around.
On today's special edition of The Brake,
we're re-broadcasting an episode of Charles T.
Brown's Arrested Mobility podcast about what
happened when the city of St. Louis forced e-scooters out of its
downtown, featuring an interview with our own host Kea Wilson, who
covered the story for Streetsblog last year. And along the way,
we'll explore why so many places beyond Missouri's borders have
enacted similar policies — and why Black and brown Americans, in
particular, deserve so much more from their transportation
leaders.