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The view from the Idea Center

Electric scooters first came to Downtown Cleveland a little over a year ago, unannounced, uninvited and undercover.

City officials ordered them off the sidewalks until they could come up with a permitting process, get bids from other vendors and develop safety rules.  Within a matter of months, scooters, and now e-bikes, have become as ubiquitous as Cleveland鈥檚 murals.

Will they become a part of your city鈥檚 landscape?

Five communities 鈥� Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, University Heights, Euclid and South Euclid 鈥� are running a to gauge residents鈥� openness to these zippy little ways to get around. So far, as ideastream鈥檚 Taylor Haggerty reported, a majority of respondents, 68 percent, say they鈥檇 welcome them.

By the way, Taylor鈥檚 story was inspired by your spirited conversations about scooters in .

鈥淗ell, yes!!! I think it鈥檚 a fantastic idea,鈥� said Bob Kirsch. 鈥淕et rid of cars and walk, bike or scoot.鈥�

鈥淣o, I鈥檓 not ready,鈥� said Tia Mcdalya. 鈥淧rocess improvement needed.鈥�

For me, that means better scooter management. I see them scattered all over the place, which is one of their selling points. However, it makes the city look like the playroom of a giant baby who didn鈥檛 put away his toys.

What about you? Would you use them, and if so, how? Would you scoot or bike? And where would you want them parked? .

Scooting out of here for lunch. 

See you bright and early on the radio tomorrow morning,
Amy Eddings

Need to KnOH

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Your ideas

Are you like Sarah Nolan Dobransky, who said in she was almost run down by a scooter but also thinks that they bring people Downtown? Or, like Bob Hirsch, do you think there鈥檚 an (enthusiastic) environmental case to be made? Call us at  (216) 916-6476, comment  or join the conversation in Public Square! We'll feature some of your thoughts and comments here in Noon(ish) and on Morning Edition.