We have really good paths here and our city has embraced electrics. I can zip to the city quicker on my wheels than I could on my motorbikes, the traffic is the killer here.I am super glad we can ride separated from the traffic, I still see poor attitudes from other road users and cyclists regarding e transport.
We have a bunch of Ehire scooters that scatter our city in an ugly way and lead to drunk inexperienced crashes this causes a lot of negative vibes about E-scooters and wheels get roped in.
I think the biggest hurdle is people being able to try them first, most think it is harder than it actually is, they don’t understand the wheel helps balance so it looks a lot harder.
Good stores like our local here do demo days and a few public events which allow test rides, these are great to promote euc.
I have seen an increase in wheels every now and then I see someone out riding and I never did when I started.
I think we are all still promoting it everytime we ride and it’s important to ride often just for this reason.