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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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[–] ganoo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you thoroughly enjoy sitting in traffic and terrible drivers trying to crash into you? That's what he's referring to.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Traffic and bad drivers are part of driving like flat tires, noisy brakes and broken chains are part of cycling. That's not what I enjoy about it but it's part of the deal that I'm willing to accept.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't pop 3 tires and break a chain everytime I bike and yet everytime I drive to work I have to sit in traffic and deal with jackasses..... I'm curious about how you feel they're similar.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Have you considered the possibility that not everyone lives in a densely populated urban centre like Toronto? My city has population of 120k people. Traffic is virtually unheard of here.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

That makes a lot of sense. I was going initially reply with “do you live in a small city” but didn’t want to make it personal or anything.