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@Kevin Diffily: Yes, there are some other advantages of scooters that I didn't mention. But the pollution disadvantages are huge, and the safety differences might be big, too (though harder to measure), so they likely outweigh the parking advantages. On the whole, one can easily argue that we should be pursuing policies designed to discourage scooters, not encourage them.

Just to put some numbers out there: in terms of VOC emissions, a 4-stroke scooter emits about 4 times as much pollution per mile as a car, and a 2-stroke scooter emits more than 20 times as much pollution per mile. For carbon monoxide, the difference is smaller, but a scooter still emits about 3 times as much pollution per mile as a car. Those are big differences.

by Rob on Jul 3, 2012 3:47 pm • link • report

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