Edward Fu

@DrTaraGoddard @DavidZipper @drchrischerry It's certainly the case that scooters have way higher rates of adoption from people who never used urban micromobility before. It's part of why the industry grew so quickly, but also tends to confound a lot of research in various directions.

Interesting finding that women comprise a much larger share of e-scooter injuries thank bike injuries. Crash data collected over two years in Nashville, TN (also includes a very small # of fatalities). sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@DavidZipper @brianvan The problem is the very existence of the debate. Whether micromobility can live up to rigorous sustainability standards is a worthy question - but why must bikes/scooter riders "prove" they are carbon-negative to be allowed on the road, when no one else has to?

@brianvan Unfortunately the data doesn't support your take. There are a number of studies reaching a similar conclusion about mode shift from shared e-scooters in Europe (especially Paris, which has been much studied). N America is of course different.

Yeah, this is not the right framing for this. The research is correct, the questions are good questions, but what is likely true is that a well-run escooter program is still a net-benefit to modern cities given what most cities start with. Absolutely more sustainable than e-cars

@DavidZipper @KMRalph Excellent! I would also urge a shift in victim-oriented fatality framing. That is - it wasn't a bike death, or a scooter death, or a pedestrian death, it was a car death, because that, and not the victim's mode of transportation, was the relevant precipitating factor.

Wow-- AAA has jumped on the "crash not accident" bandwagon. Spokesperson: "Let’s change our language to reflect the fact that car crashes aren’t something that just happen. They’re something we control. They’re a problem we can solve." 👏👏👏 capitolfax.com/2021/01/26/aaa…

@DavidZipper As the person who helped write/pass most of these laws ... sorry! I'd add that DUI, age limits, and vehicle specs are esp. inconsistent - e.g., for max speed, some limit to 25, 24, 20, 19, or 15mph, some have no limit, and some impose it on the user (instead of the manufacturer).

New paper shows state micromobility laws are a hodgepodge. OR: "If traffic flows at 25mph, the scooter is required...to travel no faster than 15mph but no slower than 25." AL: "An e-scooter would qualify simultaneously as a scooter and a motor vehicle." repository.law.umich.edu/jlm/vol2020/is…

@reillybrennan @DavidZipper @ryankcroft @euwyn @sanjaydastoor @lynsie @carolinesampo @soylaura_miller @debsarctica @tchu88 @brezina IMO the most important lesson we've learned in the past 2 years is that Americans actually have **enormous** latent demand for micromobility. We just hadn't been listening to them and hadn't been giving them what they want or need.

@reillybrennan @DavidZipper @ryankcroft @euwyn @sanjaydastoor @lynsie @carolinesampo @soylaura_miller @debsarctica @tchu88 @brezina When we ask our riders what would make them ride Birds (shared or private) more, we hear the exact same 3 issues in almost every city: 1) better bike lanes, 2) more availability/parking, 3) lower price. Any micromobility policy doc **must** start with those three issues.

Tried to register for Twitter, was told @edwardfu was already taken. Then realized I'd registered it myself, 3 years ago. #selfcybersquatted