In recent weeks we have all noticed that the new thing around the Milwaukee area is the bird scooter. It started in the third ward and slowly grew from there and now you see them everywhere. Sometimes you even have to dodge them in city traffic. Now the City Council is trying to ban them from the streets, which to me seems unnecessary.
If you think about college campuses (like Marquette of course) students would use them all the time. Many students have housing that is very far from campus which means they either have to walk or even drive and pay for parking. We also all know how annoying parking on Marquette's campus is. I feel that Bird Scooters would be beneficial in these areas. For only .15 cents a minute, it is affordable and very easy to use.
It would help people get from class to class and them back to their dorm or apartment without have to walk in the heat of the summer when classes start and end in the spring semester. Now, when it comes to other places I have a different opinion. In the city, it is especially annoying when you are driving and then one just comes out of nowhere. The argument against that could be that bikes are even worse. They run red lights and they also hog the lane which, trust me, pisses me off so much.
So the main consensus with the Bird Scooters is the fact that they might be a good thing for the city of Milwaukee. They actually could reduce the number of people who need to drive to work and park in place and can help students get around campus without having a problem. Change does come around and a lot of people do not like it and this is a change. So I feel that the city of Milwaukee should just let this one go. They might put a few restrictions on where to park it (which the app already tells you about that) but otherwise, they are was y and convenient to use.
So no matter what your opinion is, it is important to think about what the future of traveling will be like. How people will be able to commute from place to place in the easiest, most cost-effective way. I believe that the Bird Scooter is the new way to do that.
