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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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[–] Bye@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You can’t get car insurance on a bike but you can still ride it in the street????

Of course e-bikes etc shouldn’t be on sidewalks or bike paths, but it should be fine for them to be in the street. That’s absurd.

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

E-bikes definitely belong in bike lanes. It's only electric motorcycles that belong on the road. The difference is size and top speed.

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

E-bikes are electric motorcycles, there’s no difference without some top speed enforcement mechanism.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Not according to law.

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Literally what I just said. The top speed of pedal assisted bikes is mostly just 15 mph. That's bike lane speed.