Posts by Bruce A. Hagen
Sandy Springs needs to address the dangerous conditions on Roswell Road
In the last month, there have been at least 3 reported cases of people, some on foot, some on bike, being injured by negligent drivers on Roswell Road. Whether someone is a pedestrian or a bicyclist, they are all people who have in common that they are being injured or killed by the actions of…
Read MoreThe Future of Electric Scooters
The future of electric scooters in the City of Atlanta, and around the country, is getting complicated. While there is much to recommend the motorized two-wheelers – less dependence on cars and zero internal combustion engine pollution — among other benefits, the ambiguity of where they belong while in use has become an issue. Some…
Read MoreElectric Scooters & Your Safety
Bird, Bolt, Lime, Scoot, Skip and Spin look like a list of spelling words but the six are among a score of companies vying for their piece of the increasingly lucrative electric scooter business. Drive anywhere in Atlanta — Buckhead, Midtown, the Beltline and other popular neighborhoods– and you’ll see those ubiquitous two-wheel scooters. They’ve…
Read MoreAtlanta Electric Scooter Death
Early Friday morning, a 20-year-old man riding an electric scooter was hit and killed after leaving a southwest Atlanta MARTA station. This is the first fatal accident involving an electric scooter in Atlanta. Atlanta police said that the man was leaving the parking lot of the West Lake station, and he was riding a…
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