micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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I splurged on an electric bike ($2k) instead of investing in upgrading my vehicle. I haven't sold my vehicle yet, but now I prefer to bike to the store than drive. The way our town is laid out, you have to drive around a few other businesses and through two busy traffic light sections to get to the supermarket, but on foot or bike you can just cut down the back of a strip mall and halve the distance. Now, I get exercise on grocery runs, I am limited in space so I don't impulse buy, I don't have to pay for gas, I don't have to sit in traffic, I have less chance of getting into an accident, AND it's just as quick as going by car. My only complaint is the lack of bike parking in the parking lot, so I have to chain it up to a fence round back.
Why oh why are city planners so far behind on developing the right infrastructure. Still attached to suburbs? No problem! We could keep the suburbs with small grocery stores spread around all connected through secured bike lanes that take you everywhere. God, ho fukin awesome would that be....