I walk 20 minutes each way to and from work, and every single day at least once I'm having to skirt around a stack of scooters that some asshole has just dumped in the middle of the footpath blocking most of it.

I'm able bodied so at worst it's annoying having to walk on the muddy grass, but if I was in anyway disabled - required a wheelchair, or a mobility scooter, or just crutches - it will effectively render the footpath impassable.

If the scooter companies are going to take over public property for their own private profit, they should at a minimum be paying to rent space from the city - same as if you want to hold a private concert in a public park

I didn’t say they block every sidewalk in the city. I said when they DO it’s extremely disruptive. Relax.

S/He is not. Even one blocked sidewalk means that I need to double back on the block if I am using my wheelchair. One scooter is all it takes, and depending on the length of the block, it can easily add 20 minutes to a commute.