E-scooters spark safety concerns across campuses
Safia Abdulahi
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Scooters, hoverboards and other battery-powered devices have become favored modes of transportation for getting students quickly across sometimes sprawling campuses, but critics say the micromobility devices have become so ubiquitous—and are often driven so recklessly—that they pose a safety hazard to pedestrians as well as the students and others using them.
After a spate of bans on the equipment when they first started proliferating on campuses several years ago,...