People ride rented electric scooters on the sidewalk of Khreshchatyk Street on May 10, 2021 in Kyiv. Since the scooter use is not regulated by Ukrainian law, riders are free to choose where to ride — on roads, sidewalks or bicycle lanes.
Launching electric scooter sharing in Kyiv, a city with neither the suitable infrastructure nor regulations, was a time bomb. And it exploded.
Since they first appeared on the capital’s streets last year, the number of available scooters has grown to four thousand, becoming more common around Kyiv than sketchy Apple stores.