Product design question

How would you design a consumer application for a scooter sharing business?

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What this question tests

Product design for a new micromobility category, addressing discovery, safety, and payment friction.

Clarify the user: someone needing a short trip, often under 2 miles, who wants speed over a car or transit.
Identify pain points: finding a nearby available scooter, understanding pricing, and safety concerns around helmets and traffic.
Prioritize discovery and trust, since an empty map or confusing pricing kills adoption before the first ride.
Propose a map showing real time scooter locations and battery level, with transparent per minute pricing shown before unlock.
Add a safety onboarding flow with local riding rules and a helmet reminder for first time users.
Define success as ride completion rate and repeat usage within 30 days of first ride.

Leads with discovery and pricing transparency, the two biggest drop off points before a scooter ride even starts.
Addresses safety directly with onboarding, acknowledging scooter injury risk as a real adoption barrier.
Gives an illustrative number, e.g. assumes 30 percent of app opens do not convert to a ride due to unclear pricing.
Considers city regulation, noting the app should respect designated parking zones to avoid municipal bans.

Ignoring safety and city regulation, which are core constraints in the scooter sharing business.
Designing generic map and unlock flows without addressing pricing transparency as a conversion blocker.
No metric for repeat usage, focusing only on first ride conversion.

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