{
  "id": 18337517,
  "title": "Too many e-scooters? Blame competition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/too-many-e-scooters-blame-competition",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-05T16:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-scooters-blame-competition.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 2018, something strange happened on sidewalks across America. In 65 cities, thousands of electric scooters appeared seemingly overnight, often with little or no advance notice to local governments. Cease-and-desist orders flew. Scooters were impounded. Even after cities imposed regulations, there seemed to be far more scooters than anyone could ever use.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}