Something I think you may not be considering is availability of funds for lower-income folks - it’s easy for us to say “why not just pay $70/month instead of paying $12/day”, but… what if they literally don’t have $70? What if they don’t qualify for the payment plan because of bad/no credit? Let us not forget the story of Samuel Vimes and his ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness.
I think we’re both on the same page - I would love if there were similar federal programs for low-income people to get scooters/e-bikes just like we have for cell phones right now, since it’s kind of required to get to work in most metropolitan areas and most cities don’t have good transit options.
All I was saying before is that if they straight up never have more than $50 to their name, they’re going to pay $7 a day as opposed to $30 a week, which would be more cost effective.