A dozen communities have allowed the use of electric kick scooters under a pilot project by the province.
Gabriel Kwok poses for a photograph with his electric unicycle in Vancouver, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Since Kwok first started riding the electric unicycle on the streets of Vancouver nine months ago, he estimates he's logged about 2,000 kilometres on the so-called micro mobility device. The 21-year-old Emily Carr film student has a car when he needs to haul people or cargo, but his
That was until Kwok was stopped by the Vancouver Police Department in mid-February — and given a $598 ticket. His initial anger and confusion over the fine soon turned to disappointment, Kwok said, but he plans to dispute the ticket. The officers who gave him the ticket were not receptive to his questions and explanations, he added.
“I didn’t want to open a store that is selling illegal products, and when I did my survey, every single officer thought it was really cool,” he said. The pilot project brought many early challenges, Noonan said, because “it was a lot of change very quickly for our community.” Simon Fraser University sociology professor Travers, who goes by a single name, started riding an electric unicycle about four years ago.
“We’re at I think a really pivotal moment. We have this burgeoning sector of electric micro mobilities that allow people to move from point A to B with a lot less energy,” Travers said. “I’m 61 years old and I feel graceful again.”
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