{"podcast":{"title":"Seattle Now","slug":"seattle-now-496157","podcast_index_feed_id":496157,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/fa64d43e-1285-4f73-948e-aeae00546c65/02438091-7fbb-4dc9-9e5c-b17c013df16e/2998c787-c3cb-49fd-b060-b17c013df199/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/seattlenow","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/fa64d43e-1285-4f73-948e-aeae00546c65/02438091-7fbb-4dc9-9e5c-b17c013df16e/2998c787-c3cb-49fd-b060-b17c013df199/image.jpg?t=1716751086&size=Large","author":"KUOW News and Information","episode_count":1251,"summary":"Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T10:20:25.123745+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157"},"episode":{"title":"Seattle loves its scooters, just stay off the sidewalk please","slug":"seattle-loves-its-scooters-just-stay-off-the-sidewalk-please","published_at":"2026-06-09T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157/seattle-loves-its-scooters-just-stay-off-the-sidewalk-please","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/seattle-now/seattle-loves-its-scooters-just-stay-off-the-sidewalk-please","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/uxCn8UtjXBanXSJB9HIb/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/fa64d43e-1285-4f73-948e-aeae00546c65/02438091-7fbb-4dc9-9e5c-b17c013df16e/c9640204-e18d-42fe-aa07-b4630175fcaf/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=2998c787-c3cb-49fd-b060-b17c013df199","summary":"People in Seattle took more than 10.5 million e-scooter and e-bike trips last year. But scooters can be a risky choice. Harborview treated 163 serious injuries from e-scooters or e-bikes in 2024. Recently, Seattle began requiring companies to use technology to prevent people from riding on the sidewalk. To learn more about injury prevention, we talk with UW epidemiology professor Steve Mooney, who's studied injuries involving micromobility devices.","meta_description":"People in Seattle took more than 10.5 million e-scooter and e-bike trips last year. But scooters can be a risky choice. Harborview treated 163 serious inj…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":817,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seattle-now-496157/episodes/seattle-loves-its-scooters-just-stay-off-the-sidewalk-please/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157/seattle-loves-its-scooters-just-stay-off-the-sidewalk-please.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}