Too many e-scooters? Blame competition

Research from the University of Texas at Austin shows that e-scooter companies in the US deliberately oversupplied scooters to capture market share, leading to significant idle inventory and sidewalk clutter. The study recommends local governments limit the number of operators and enforce utilisation rate penalties to control oversupply and improve urban regulation.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Micromobility.