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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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[–] drphungky@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I like driving when I am not in a rush and not dealing with traffic...so basically never while commuting. I don't mind driving to a friend's place, or a long road trip, but bike commuting is superior for me. I don't need to make weird sweeping assumptions since you said you live in a small city, but commuting traffic is a nightmare on many coastal cities and major metros, so it is probably not a lack of experience so much as you're commuting in an area unlike most major metros.

I actually work from home now, but I bike commuted for over a decade, including for a couple years a one way ride of 22 miles. No matter how tired I was in the morning or how I didn't feel like getting on the bike, I'd always feel better once I started going, vs a car which studies have shown saps your energy. Also, there is something magical about biking over a highway and seeing standstill traffic that you'd be in as you toodle along without having to stop.

Plus the calculus I always did was that by turning an irregular 45-75 minute commute into a guaranteed 93 minute commute meant I was spending at most an extra hour and a half to get 3 hours worth of a workout. That frees up so much time for leisure and means you don't have to workout basically at all.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

If bike was faster I'd probably favour it over a car. That however was not the case for me. My commute is 15 minutes by car and 30 by bike.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

vs a car which studies have shown saps your energy.

this. it's a mentally taxing to constantly pay attention to make sure I'm not gonna crash.