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Lucy Maloney
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BA LLB MBA she/her, Aussie & Canadian. Love The Lane Active transport. Transport Safety Advocate with Vision Zero Vancouver. IG @vancycleview
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Thank you to Pippa Norman from the Globe & Mail for speaking with me about how cities should deal with electric mobility devices and how the danger they pose pales in comparison to the deadly impact of motor vehicles.

"Lucy Maloney, a road safety advocate with Vision Zero Vancouver, said the dangers posed by electric micromobility devices pale in comparison to those posed by cars. She said she’d like to see policy-makers focused on redesigning city spaces, rather than keeping the low-carbon vehicles off of streets and pathways.

“The space allocated to car movement and storage is often not questioned. And often we frustratingly see e-scooters and pedestrians and cyclists set off against each other in competition for the inadequate space that is allocated to the safe movement of micromobility,” Ms. Maloney said.

The cheaper, more accessible lifestyle these devices offer some people matters, she said, and is something those tasked with regulating them need to pay sincere attention to.

“From a policy point of view, they’re good, and we’ve got to find a way of keeping their users safe on the road,” she said."
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It's so frustrating how the massive costs and dangers associated with cars aren't often questioned just because they're the status quo.

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Lucy Maloney
@lucyincanada.bsky.social
BA LLB MBA she/her, Aussie & Canadian. Love The Lane Active transport. Transport Safety Advocate with Vision Zero Vancouver. IG @vancycleview
323 followers121 following83 posts