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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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New research suggests riders and city planners need to make changes to keep people safe.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The "why" is because they're becoming more common. The more people that use them, the more injuries there will be. That is true of any type of activity where injury is possible. eBikes are awesome, despite the fact that someone can get hurt doing it. Someone can get injured riding roller skates, or skiing too, but we still do it.