The last decade has brought on scooters, shareable bikes, gondolas at the touch of a button, and bus that drive themselves. But are streets actually get safer?

There are more ways to get around in urban metro ranges than ever before. We have on-demand cabs like Uber and Lyft. Shareable bikes and scooters became so prevalent they were piling up in lagoons. This new wave of transportation technology was supposed to do the nations of the world easier to steer and most of all safer. That may still be the case–in the end. But in the murky middle, as futuristic gondolas, e-bikes, and scooters make their firstly entries onto roads, proceed might become momentarily more perilous , not less.

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