Current Events > scooters are replacing cars, thanks millenials/portland

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https://bikeportland.org/2018/10/22/city-of-portland-releases-e-scooter-survey-results-291323

The results suggest scooters are a popular new transit option for Portlanders and visitors alike, reads a statement released today by the Portland Bureau of Transportation based on a survey of scooter users. 4,500 people responded to the questionnaire which asked 75,000 people about riding habits, safety behaviors, knowledge of riding laws, and more.

Here are the key findings as shared by PBOT:

Portlanders are using e-scooters for transportation and recreation. Nearly a third (30 percent) of the Portlanders who responded to the survey said they most frequently used e-scooters to commute to get to work, school, or a work-related meeting. Another third (28 percent) stated they most frequently used e-scooters for fun/recreation.

E-scooters are popular with local users. Eighty-five percent of Portlanders said they were extremely or very likely to recommend e-scooters to a friend.

E-scooters are replacing automobile trips. Thinking of their last e-scooter trip, 34 percent of Portlanders said they would have driven a personal car (19 percent) or hailed a taxi, Uber or Lyft (15 percent).

The auto trip replacement numbers are even higher among tourists and visitors (48 percent). Thinking of their last e-scooter trip, 34 percent of visitors would have taken a taxi, Uber or Lyft, and 14 percent would have driven a personal vehicle had e-scooters not been available.

Among all respondents, e-scooters appear to be more popular among men (62 percent) than women (36 percent). In response to the question, What gender do you identify with?, 62 percent of respondents said man, and 36 respondents said woman.

All respondents Portlanders and visitors prefer to ride e-scooters on the street, in the bike lane. Riders stated preference was for the bike lane over even off-street trails. Riding on sidewalks was users least preferred option.

E-scooters are bringing new Portlanders to the bike lane. Forty-five percent of survey respondents reported never biking and 78 percent had never used BIKETOWN prior to using e-scooters.

Portlanders are reducing or considering reducing their auto ownership due to e-scooters. Six percent of users report getting rid of a car because of e-scooters and another 16 percent have considered it.

god bless
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i would use a scooter as long as it wasn't raining or snowing i guess.
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Kombucha posted...

i would use a scooter as long as it wasn't raining or snowing i guess.

I walk to work even when it rains, but yeah. It can get bad enough where I don't
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This sounds like a very good thing

millennials are KILLING cars
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I was just in portland and they were everywhere

it's also pretty easy to get around the city by walking/public transit so this makes a lot of sense

and the drivers are so damn slow around there too anyway lol
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