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Old 03-19-20 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Illgot
Anything that gets people out of a car for single person transportation is good. Think of how much road, parking and fuel savings, a person using an electric skateboard conserves versus using a car.

Not necessarily--if the electric skateboard is being operated on sidewalks, that may cause some people who would otherwise be pedestrians to avoid using the sidewalks out of safety concerns. If those people drive more, they could more than negate the savings from that one person.
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