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"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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Teens Are Sticking With E-Bikes Even When They’re Old Enough to Drive (www.wsj.com)

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Kids find independence from their parents without the costs of driving, though safety risks remain

Teens are taking to suburban streets across the U.S. while skipping a classic rite of passage: driving a car.

Instead, their families are spending as much as $3,000 on electric bicycles, the battery-powered vehicles that offer the convenience of traditional bikes without the sweat or strain that comes with unassisted pedaling.

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[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, how is a diesel ban for city roads enforced? Does that mean automobiles that burn diesel aren't permitted into the inner city, rather than just banning the sale of diesel within the city?

I'm not sure how an analogous ban would be enforced here in America, for lack of an automated means to identify diesel cars, as well as a lack of bollards or checkpoints into downtown (ie inner city) areas, and a lack of general enforcement enthusiasm for "equipment" violations.

Do the German authorities only enforce it when stopping a car for other, separate violations?

[–] hjpoijnerflkjn@feddit.de 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's the former. In many cities cars are required to have a badge in their windshield signifying / signaling (?) how polluting (is that a word?) their car is. From red (really old and bad) to green. This applies to both gasoline and diesel cars and e.g. really dirty diesel cars (euro 1 and 2 norm) are completely forbidden (red badge).

Then additionally some cities have streets banning diesel cars completly or requiring some very strict exhaust norm (euro 6? Euro 7; I don't know).

How is this enforced. E.g. by checking parking cars for their badge or by selectively stopping cars (and be it for other violations, yes). There obviously are some fines. That's it I think and it mostly works (I guess, not living in a city myself).

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Ah, I see. So those old diesel vehicles are essentially wearing a scarlet letter haha