Eco-friendly. As if! E-scooters harm the climate
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Electric scooters hardly replace trips made by car, instead they substitute walking paths, bicycle trips, tram and bus rides. This is shown in a study by ETH which is the first of its kind worldwide.
Trottinette Lime (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / M. Rodrigue / https://mathieurodrigue.ca/trottinettes)
Cities around the world are facing the same problem: because they are growing steadily they are causing more traffic problems. At the same time there is increasing pressure from politicians and the public in order to have more environmentally friendly transportation means. external pageRead on