Report shows how e-bikes and scooters can complement transit

The Micromobility Coalition:

On average, workers living in the City of Seattle have access to 382,000 jobs within a 45-minute walk, e-bike/e-scooter, or transit commute, versus 283,000 jobs within a 45-minute commute from home by walk or transit only. This increase is equivalent to making 35 percent more jobs reachable without lengthening commutes or adding cars to the road.

The report details how e-bikes and scooters can help solve last mile problems, effectively extending transit's reach. This has always been the scooter boosters' main argument but now we have it quantified and localized within Seattle. The increase in accessible jobs is dramatic in some cases:

Of course, this assumes that:

1. A bike or scooter can be found relatively close by
2. The bike or scooter is functioning
3. There exists safe infrastructure to get the rider to and from the bus stop