Originally Posted by
tandempower
Ok, so if rental cars pay a fee of $2/day, that comes out to about $700/year. If escooter shares are being charged $500/year that would be very disproportionate to their size relative to rental cars. A car takes up about 500 square feet of pavement and weighs over 2000lbs. An escooter is about 1% of the size and weight of a car, so its fee should be about 1% of the car, i.e. $7/year.
No, most rental car taxes are a % (2-11%) of the rental. At $40-70 a day rental rate your talking about $1-$8/day. These also often pay parking meter fees when they are rented.
I believe the government scooter charges are more to do with their propensity to be left in places the municipality has to physically remove and handle them, not how much pavement they take up.
Once again, please shows us a citation that they are being charged $500/year by a government entity anywhere for a scooter.