You’ve come a long way from tearing up the streets of your neighborhood on your two-wheeled scooter, kicking your way from one friend’s house to another. And just as you’ve grown up, so, too, has your childhood scooter.
Emerging as a surprisingly viable last-mile transportation option in the last few years, those e-scooters that line the streets of major cities across the U.S., from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., can be an affordable alternative to a bike, or for city dwellers, even a car. Not only are they easy to ride, given the relatively straightforward stand-and-kick functionality, but some of our favorite scooters are portable, easily stored and quite speedy.