Salt Lake City enacts new e-scooter rules focused on warning bells, sidewalks, reckless parking

Editor’s note: This story is available to Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism.The Salt Lake City Council wrapped up 2020 by putting an end to what Chair Chris Wharton called the “scooter-pocalypse,” at long last putting into place an ordinance regulating the rental and use of e-scooters.New rules approved Tuesday night focus on safety and cleaning up sidewalks, although the council did not impose specific speed limits or slow zones.E-sc