When Lime notified some Vancouver residents weeks ago about a new e-scooter docking station planned for the corner of Slocan Street and East 4th Avenue, Patricia Marini immediately objected.

“None of the neighbours wanted it. We were all saying no,” she said.

But the San Francisco-based micro-mobility company moved forward. This week, workers installed a 10-scooter docking station on the street outside her kitchen window — obstructing the view Marini has cherished for several decades. Instead of watching her garden or neighbours on the block, she says she is now facing a constant parade of scooters and riders.

“It’s very upsetting,” said Marini. “We took my grandson out to learn how to ride his bike and saw beer cans littered around the station,” she said, noting broken glass from a car

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