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Ride E-Scooters, Do Crime? Study Explores Relationship Between Micromobility and Vehicle Offenses

"I suspect there are confounding factors that make the link from e-scooters to crime spurious."
Ride E-Scooters, Do Crime? Study Explores Relationship Between Micromobility and Vehicle Offenses

“I suspect there are confounding factors that make the link from e-scooters to crime spurious,” responded DePaul University transportation expert Joe Schwieterman.

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