Make e-scooters a hot topic for municipal election

Peterborough Examiner, David Lepofsky, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, September 23, 2026
Ask candidates to make the municipal disability accessibility pledge that calls for no e-scooters, no scramble intersections and no bike paths on sidewalks, advocate urges. E-scooters endanger people with disabilities, seniors and others, racing silently at high speeds on sidewalks, roads and park paths. A silent menace, e-scooters, appearing out of nowhere, are ridden on sidewalks even if banned from sidewalks. Uninsured, unlicensed, untrained, unhelmeted joyriders, racing at more than 20 kilometres an hour, endanger the safety of innocent pedestrians, especially people who can’t see them or quickly dodge them. Left strewn on sidewalks, e-scooters are tripping hazards for blind people and an accessibility nightmare for wheelchair users.