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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€“] eldavi@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i wonder how well these would fare in a crash with the average newer american sized suv's and pickup trucks.

[โ€“] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago

Not well at all, but they might help avoid a crash in some places what being extra visible is valuable.