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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: 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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[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

55 pounds โ€“ not exactly lightweight, but still light enough for most able-bodied folks to carry up and down a flight of stairs.

Riiiight. Try lugging 55lbs of awkwardly shaped steel up a narrow staircase. And pray that it's completely clean when you're doing it, and that you aren't carrying anything else with you (a bag, purse, backpack, panniers, etc.)

Folding ebikes are only convenient when they are in storage, not for lugging up stairs.