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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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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One of the most common questions I hear from people considering an e-bike right now, during a period of soaring...

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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Unfortunately it’s not quite 1:1. Depending on your location, a lack of bike infrastructure might have you biking significantly farther than you would have driven.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On the flip side, though, in some places you're able to take shortcuts on a bike where cars can't go.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or avoid traffic that would have left you going slower than you are on the bike.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Riding on a bike and passing cars that are stuck in traffic is a magical experience. 10/10 would recommend. A feeling of simultaneously combined moral, physical, and practical superiority that you won't find anywhere else in the world. Plus, you're riding on a bike, and riding a bike is fun.

It might not last long, but for those few minutes where your bicycle is outpacing car traffic, you feel like a god. A god powered by the envious stares of fat, bored motorists.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

It's the opposite for me. Taking a car would add like 15% of distance to my commute with an eBike.