Electric Scooters are the Next Wave in Ridesharing

Guest: Enrique Dans, PhD, Professor of Innovation at IE Business School in Spain, Tech blogger “enriquedans.com” In Santa Monica, LA, San Francisco, DC, Austin and a bunch of other cities, you can use an app to find an electric scooter nearby and take it for a cheap ride. These scooter-for-rent companies are the next wave in ride-sharing and they’re stirring up just as much controversy as their older siblings Lyft and Uber. City officials worry about safety hazards– people zipping along on sidewalks without helmets, for example, or dumping scooters willy-nilly on streets and sidewalks when they’re done riding.