Ontario’s e-scooter regulations will endanger people with disabilities

David Lepofsky, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, Toronto Star, December 1, 2019
Ford ignored serious safety and accessibility concerns, documented by Ontarians with disabilities, by allowing dangerously fast e-scooters on roads, sidewalks and other places. We and others will be exposed to the danger of serious injuries, if not worse. E-scooters will be unforeseeable new barriers blocking the accessibility of public spaces for people with disabilities. Ford appears to have bowed to e-scooter rental companies. The regulation reads as if their corporate lobbyists wrote it. The Star was wrong to applaud the Doug Ford government’s decision to let municipalities pilot electric scooters.