Scooters could help boost MARTA riders

Georgia state lawmakers see a new invention as a way to boost MARTA&#39;s rail service. <br> <br> Unveiled last year, the Segway Human Transporter, a scooter built for sidewalks, can be ridden onto trains and a bill to bring the scooters to Georgia is being sponsored by state Senator Steve Thompson of Powder Springs. <br> <br> But the scooters have some opposition from an unlikely source - people who walk - and lawmakers are working on some of the toughest regulations in the nation for the new invention.

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