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2020 J.L. & Mobility 17 (2020)
Innovation in a Legal Vacuum: The Uncertain Legal Landscape for Shared Micro-Mobility

handle is hein.journals/jlwmby2020 and id is 17 raw text is: INNOVATION IN A LEGAL VACUUM:
THE UNCERTAIN LEGAL LANDSCAPE
FOR SHARED MICRO-MOBILITY
DAVID PIMENTELt, MICHAEL B. LOWRYt, TIMOTHY W. KOGLINt, AND
RONALD W. PIMENTELt
t David Pimentel is Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Idaho.
Before beginning his academic career, he served as staff in the U.S. federal judiciary,
including one year as a Supreme Court Fellow, before going abroad to do rule of law
development work in post-conflict countries (Bosnia, Romania, and South Sudan). He
also spent four years with a United Nations war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands, where
he developed an appreciation for cycling as transportation. Intrigued by Idaho's bicycle
laws, he has recently published scholarship on the public policy behind legal regulation
of bicycle usage and of shared micro-mobility systems.
T Dr. Michael Lowry is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at the University of
Idaho with a research focus on transportation planning. He serves on the National
Academy of Science Committee for Bicycle Transportation and the Committee for
Transportation Investment Decision-Making. He teaches courses on transportation
safety, benefit-cost analysis, and geographic information systems. He was awarded the
College of Engineering Outstanding Young Faculty award for excellence in teaching and
research. Dr. Lowry has been a visiting scholar in Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, and
the United Kingdom.
T Timothy W. Koglin is a recent graduate of the University of Idaho College of Law and
(soon to be) member of the Washington State Bar Association. He spent time at the
United States Military Academy and Washington State University before graduating
from Liberty University with a B.S. in History. He spent the last two years of law school
as the research assistant for David Pimentel working on a wide range of legal topics
including parenting, sports, and transportation.
T Ronald W. Pimentel has been a marketing professor for 30 years and also had a 12-
year career in industry doing marketing and sales. He completed a BA in Art/Design at
BYU, an MBA at UC Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in marketing at The University of Arizona.
He is currently a Scholarly Associate Professor of marketing and the Faculty Director of
the Professional Sales Certificate program at Washington State University Vancouver.
Ron has published three book chapters, and many journal articles and conference
proceedings. Recent research has included inter-disciplinary work on shared micro-
mobility.

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