Last week, the leaders of the City of Columbus made me extremely proud to live here when they implemented the first of many new scooter (and motorcycle) parking facilities in and around downtown. Typically, when government decides to take action on fixing problems, it usually takes a very long time. But this scooter parking solution was in place only 7 weeks after the recent incident where scooters got ticketed for parking illegally in Pearl Alley. Granted, the wheels could have already been in motion for this initiative, but the timeline couldn’t have worked out better.
Proper parking is one thing that’s kept me from purchasing a scooter. This initiative puts me one step closer, and I imagine I’m not the only one who feels this way. Anyone who decides to take the plunge and buy a scooter will be stimulating the local economy thanks directly to an action taken by our local leaders. Bravo!
It’s small simple moves like this that will make our downtown a better place to live.