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Intentional planning is needed to balance the need for micromobility devices (including e-scooters, e-bikes, and dockless bike shares) with the goal of ensuring safe passage for all.
Policymakers should ensure that personal delivery devices are deployed in a manner that supports pedestrian safety and accessibility, including for older adults and people with disabilities.
Congress should provide financial incentives for design modifications that improve the travel environment for older adults.
Traffic enforcement practices should be administered equitably, regardless of demographic or socioeconomic factors.
Policymakers should expand access to affordable small-business government-guaranteed loans, including those from the Small Business Administration.
Providers of credit- and debt-related services should be licensed in each state in which they operate.
Policymakers should require providers of credit- and debt-related services to provide written contracts to consumers.
Bankruptcy law should increase consumer protections. It should also ensure access, especially for people with low and moderate incomes.
Consumers should receive accurate, timely, and easily understood disclosures of risks and costs.