Yeah. There seems to be innumerable ways to encourage people to park the scooters sensibly. A dock is one idea but it’s not really necessary IMO, and does reduce the utility. You could just have a parking inspector, even one employed by the scooter hire company. You get charged 3x your trip fee if the inspector finds your scooter parked inappropriately or something.

This article is def talking about the little electric scooters.