[Carfreeliving] scooters - fun to ride but...

[Mike Sallaberry]

Kinda cute story about a Texas dude who trades in his pickup for a 
scooter.  We have a lot of scooters and motos here in SF relative to most 
US towns, but I often wonder why scooters are not more popular.  Not that 
I necessarily want a lot of them near me as I'm cycling...at least cars 
are big plodding creatures that are slow to change direction and are 
pretty predictable.  Scooters are more of a hazard, in my book.  Still, 
they make a lot of sense for people who don't want to give up motoring but 
deep down hate their cars, and could serve as a transition tool for folks 
who may eventually give up the scooter for a bicycle.
Mike

Here's the article
-> "When gas got to $1.90, I started thinking about an alternative. 
Half-jokingly and half-seriously, I told my wife (Beth), 'When the 
price hits $2, I'm going to buy a bicycle.' Everything I do is within 
three miles of the house. The last time I filled up the Ranger, it was 
$50. I looked over at the guy next to me with an Escalade (SUV), and he 
was over $100 and still going. I said, 'This is ridiculous.'..."
-- Micky Shearon, Hood County, TX
http://www.hcnews.com/news/get-news.asp?id=11041&catid=1&cpg=get-news.asp

Michael Sallaberry, P.E.
Associate Transportation Engineer
San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 345
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554 2351
(415) 554 2352 (fax)
Bicycle Hotline (415) 585-BIKE
http://www.bicycle.sfgov.org
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