GPS isn't quite accurate/reliable enough. I know there are issues with shared scooters/bikes that are speed limited by GPS (I specifically heard this complaint about Neuron's scooters and bikes in Waterloo, Ontario).
I'd much prefer we design the roads to limit speeds.
Given it's a defamation case, I think it's both!
Your original comment compared full-sized standard vehicles to mobility scooters. No where did you mention (and still haven't clarified) how you get around having to be prone at all times. No, it's not "ableist" to take what you say at face value.
Nice assumption, but no I can’t afford a car either. I swap in my disability benefit in for a car on the “motability scheme”. It leaves me with a whopping £100 a week to live off of. I could have an electric scooter instead but I have nowhere to store it and it’s not suitable for someone so vulnerable to the cold. My car is a self charging hybrid. I would love an electric car but I rent a flat - there’s nowhere to charge it.
This all is based on "what is" not "what can be". I too live in the real world where I still share a car with my spouse, but I also advocate for the future I want to see, where we can rent/carshare a few times a year. This conversation is not about the status quo, but the potential of our communities.
If you were provided an accessible flat with a place to store a mobility device, less of your income would go towards transportation.
My point is not moot, because manual wheelchairs can fit into the majority of places. I cannot just walk in when I arrive, I need my wheelchair.
So you ignored my link about microcars. The video shows one with the seat removed and a ramp to allow a wheelchair to be ridden straight in and out (here's it queued up for you).
Let’s focus on the people that can walk and cycle instead of the small minority of us already penalised by society for having the misfortune to be sick or disabled.
You're reduced to "£100 a week to live off of" because of cars. Urbanists don't want to penalize you for having the misfortune to be sick or disabled, they want to enable mobility for all, including the elderly and disabled. You're just too stuck in car-brained thinking (and while it's not the US, London and Birmingham are exceptionally motornormative).
Families earning $100K+ don’t need immediate relief on drug costs, not the least of which because they likely already have private coverage from their employment.
Diabetes is a condition that can even bankrupt people making $100K+ who think they have good medical insurance. Many diabetics reach their employer/pension medical insurance's lifetime maximum and have to pay all costs out of pocket, which can be thousands of dollars a month.
But I, like many others, CANNOT walk, cycle or use public transport, no matter how inviting the infrastructure or how much I dislike cars.
Not sure why you couldn't use multi-modal transport with a scooter and public transport? Not all public transport is accessible, but accessibility can and should be part of the focus of building/improving public transit.
Could I use a mobility scooter? Sure! But not in the cold and wet
I'm not sure why you couldn't use a mobility scooter in weather? I occasionally see some in Canada which are enclosed and temperature controlled. In the Netherlands, they have microcars which are an even better option for people with disabilities than a full-sized modified vehicle.
... and not when I can’t afford one.
Yet you can afford a car? Not only are mobility scooters usually cheaper than much bigger, more complex cars, but they are also subsidized (rightfully so) by medicare/health-plans.
Mobility scooters don’t fit in shops/cafes/restaurants unless they’re new buildings, which in the UK they’re invariably not.
Neither do full-sized vehicles/bikes/transit, so your point is moot. However, the smaller size of mobility scooters makes it easier to accommodate closer handicap parking than full-sized cars.
A small percentage of people will always need cars, just like we’ll always need ambulances.
Ironically, there's an argument that ambulances are public transit. They might be inefficient public transport, but they are an alternate to individuals driving dangerously to try and get medical help ASAP.
I think overall, your view of active transportation is really limited. Of course cars aren't going away but all your arguments seem to be limited by your experience of motonormativity.
Bad analogy. If you were doing what you said, but instead of taking notes, you were using a camera, you'd quickly get a visit from the UW Special Constable Service who'd probably transfer you to WRPS.
EDIT: Even if you were just taking notes on people, it's possible you'd experience the same process.
CBS has only 8 locations for plasma donations. The vast majority of Canadians live no where near these locations! It's like they're not even trying, and are surprised they are failing!
Antifa is a movement without centralized control. There are no chapters, website, or membership. That is core to the movement, so questioning why no one can provide that information is really silly.
I also have never met a member of Antifa, but there is enough evidence of their actions to make me certain the movement exists. Some people believe it exists, but as a false-flag movement, but I think that's just conspiratorial thinking.
Using, "I've never seen one," as evidence is the kind of BS Jan6 insurrections use to say the election was stolen.
Nah, he's already 64 years old. Unfortunately, the current game is nominate Justices who can hold on to their seats for decades and decades.
Yes, though they're generally considered bad road design. I'd prefer continuous sidewalks (which are kind of speedbumps), bumpouts, reducing road width, chicanes, pavers on slow roads, etc.