After the Great Depression hit, the Cushman company, which got its start making engines in the early s, picked up where its predecessor left off, finding new utility in the ride among those pinching pennies. Stuck with a surplus of Husky engines as the Depression lingered, the company got creative. In , it debuted the Cushman Auto-Glide. Ultimately, the Auto-Glide and its competitors were dogged by the same kinds of regulations that sent Peter Minton to traffic court in By the s, the framework of such a system had arrived.
Coren wrote for Quartz in But it remains unclear how the vehicles will fare as lawmakers once more play catch up to regulate the rides this go around. Jacqueline Mansky is a freelance writer and editor living in Los Angeles. She was previously the assistant web editor, humanities, for Smithsonian magazine. NMAH Peter Minton was riding his motorized scooter on Rockaway Beach Boulevard when the patrolman served him with a summons to appear in traffic court.
Postal Service try out new scooters in the mids. Amelia Earhart poses with a motorized scooter in But like the electric scooter, it surpassed initial expectations, and it did appeal to a wide range of users.
Despite its characterization as a toy for the rich, the Autoped was ridden by delivery men, postal workers, and New York City traffic cops and captured in several photographs of the period. The Autoped also arrived at a time of significant political reform and increasing mobility, literally and figuratively, for women. British humor magazine Puck ran an advertisement with a speeding flapper on an Autoped.
Suffragette and socialite Florence Priscilla was famously photographed on her Autoped. The Unibus was promoted as the "car on two wheels. Some of these early scooter designs were unstable, uncomfortable to ride and difficult to handle. The decades leading up to World War II saw the gradual introduction of a range of refinements, including efficient lights and brakes, gears, suspension, enclosed bodies and leg shields.
Notably, Amelia Earhart took several photos with her Autoped in the s, including a photograph with her student, June Travis, taken the day she received her first flying lesson.
Subsequent decades would witness an ebb and flow in the popularity of both standing and seated kick and motorized scooters, with a few brands throwing their hats into the production ring from time to time.
Meanwhile, the non-motorized kick scooter underwent a revolution when Wim Ouboter invented a lightweight, portable model in supposedly to cover the last mile between his home and the local bratwurst shop in Zurich. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Preface A kick scooter is a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
Early scooters: Primitive scooters have been hand-made in industrial urban areas for at least years. Folding scooters: In , a foldable aluminium scooter with inline skates wheels was created by Wim Ouboter of Micro Mobility Systems in Switzerland.
After the Razor was introduced to Japan in , many young people in Tokyo began to use it as a portable transporter then it became a fad around the world, and such small scooters also became popular toys for children 3.
Three wheels: Three-wheeled scooters like tricycles have been produced for little children. Four wheels: The early scooters, which were made with roller skates, were four-wheeled like skateboards. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Email required Address never made public. Name required.
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