Under new city rules, companies with a permit to rent out scooters or shared bicycles must send data to transportation officials on every trip the vehicles make. That wouldn't include a rider's name, but critics worry that they could still be identified.
, officials said. Tracking them electronically will also be faster and cheaper than paying employees to look for rogue vehicles blocking sidewalks or wheelchair ramps.
Many scooter trips in Los Angeles are tourist joyrides, but public officials say the zippy, electric devices could becomethat helps commuters get to transit stops and run errands without driving. The data would not include a rider's name, but even in sprawling metropolitan areas, paths between home, work and school are typically unique, experts say. Someone with basic coding skills and access to the data could easily connect a trip to an individual person.
The scooter and bicycle data will be classified as sensitive and confidential, which means information on individual rides will not be published on the city’s open data website or subject to public records requests, Reynolds said.
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