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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] BandanaBug@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This article is just people discovering bikes or something. Of course bikes are faster during rush hour in busy traffic in a decently laid out city. How he let her suffer through a 45 minute bus ride before realising bikes exist is beyond me.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

Better late than never! Most of the time my ride is a Priority Folder (no motor) but I don't fault anyone who takes an e-bike.