Edward Fu

Head of Government Affairs @Duolingo

[Edward Fu @edwardfu]

@DrTaraGoddard @DavidZipper @drchrischerry It's certainly the case that scooters have way higher rates of adoption from people who never used urban micromobility before. It's part of why the industry grew so quickly, but also tends to confound a lot of research in various directions.

[Edward Fu @edwardfu]

@DavidZipper @brianvan The problem is the very existence of the debate. Whether micromobility can live up to rigorous sustainability standards is a worthy question - but why must bikes/scooter riders "prove" they are carbon-negative to be allowed on the road, when no one else has to?

[Edward Fu @edwardfu]

@DavidZipper @KMRalph Excellent! I would also urge a shift in victim-oriented fatality framing. That is - it wasn't a bike death, or a scooter death, or a pedestrian death, it was a car death, because that, and not the victim's mode of transportation, was the relevant precipitating factor.

[Edward Fu @edwardfu]

@DavidZipper As the person who helped write/pass most of these laws ... sorry! I'd add that DUI, age limits, and vehicle specs are esp. inconsistent - e.g., for max speed, some limit to 25, 24, 20, 19, or 15mph, some have no limit, and some impose it on the user (instead of the manufacturer).

[Edward Fu @edwardfu]

@reillybrennan @DavidZipper @ryankcroft @euwyn @sanjaydastoor @lynsie @carolinesampo @soylaura_miller @debsarctica @tchu88 @brezina IMO the most important lesson we've learned in the past 2 years is that Americans actually have **enormous** latent demand for micromobility. We just hadn't been listening to them and hadn't been giving them what they want or need.

[Edward Fu @edwardfu]

@reillybrennan @DavidZipper @ryankcroft @euwyn @sanjaydastoor @lynsie @carolinesampo @soylaura_miller @debsarctica @tchu88 @brezina When we ask our riders what would make them ride Birds (shared or private) more, we hear the exact same 3 issues in almost every city: 1) better bike lanes, 2) more availability/parking, 3) lower price. Any micromobility policy doc **must** start with those three issues.

[Edward Fu @edwardfu]

Tried to register for Twitter, was told @edwardfu was already taken. Then realized I'd registered it myself, 3 years ago. #selfcybersquatted