If you want a sit down scooter with vestigal pedals so you can take a short cut thru the bike lanes, there you go! I would have no problem if 10% of the local city traffic used these on nice days to get to work,
Take a look at the new Trek FX + 7 or the specialized SL with carbon frame.
Both are lightweight and fairly easy to Pedal with no assist. Just my two cents.