Scooter Activism: Local Petition Would Keep Scooters on Sidewalks

Local scooter owners are ruing July 31, the day that the new state law reclassifying scooters as motorcycles. In addition to requiring scooter riders to get a license plate and driver's license, it will also prohibit the vehicles from being parked on the sidewalk, where they are almost universally found at present. Parking scooters on the street may dry up the already parched pond of available parking in the Boston area, and it will make it more difficult to secure the lightweight vehicles against theft. Local scooter riders have banded together to launch a nifty Flash petition site with more information about their position. [Let Us Park on the Sidewalk]

Update: scoot-in protests are planned for Thursdays, starting July 30.