Update: Scooter Creep
Three
weeks ago I provided the phone numbers and email addresses to reach the two
scooter companies and the City to voice a concern you may have about dumped
scooters. Now I have a quicker and more efficient way to get your message
across.
Just
call the Transportation Department at 791-3154 and describe the problem. They
will make note of the situation and alert the scooter company involved. This
method creates a better record and minimizes your involvement.
I
learned about this simpler approach when I called Code Enforcement to ask a
question about homeowner responsibility when scooters were left as an
obstruction on the sidewalk. Under normal circumstances, homeowners are
responsible for keeping a clean sidewalk and/or easement.
But
what about discarded scooters? That was my question and Code Enforcement
forwarded me to the Tucson Department of Transportation, the folks monitoring
the scooter test program. I spoke to Erica who was most helpful. She gave me a
more effective reporting system. Then I asked her who is responsible if a
person is tripped up by a discarded scooter and gets hurt on a homeowner’s
sidewalk? Is the homeowner, the scooter company or the City responsible?
Erica
couldn’t answer my question because she’s Tucson Transportation but did connect
me to the person who could. By the end of this week I will be called back
with a definitive answer.
A
note about dealing with the City. Yes, calling a bureaucracy is no fun at all,
but when you finally get the right person on the phone, you will be talking to
a real pro like Erica.
This
week we donated 212.1 lbs. of pet food, four steel cat bowls, one pill bottle,
one box of treats, one green bag carrier, two thermal pads and $40.75 in cash
and one check. There were 15 cat food cans which was three better than last
week.
See you Sunday,
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