Report: Shared Bikes and Scooters Could Reduce Car Trips By 50 Percent in Downtowns

Electric scooters and bikes have a “universal potential” to provide more efficient, cheaper ways to get around U.S. cities than driving a car, according to a report released Monday, but Portland is one city that could see the greatest benefit.

Why? It’s largely because drivers in many U.S. cities are taking short trips and sitting in traffic when they could be taking another transit mode.