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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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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I got an escooter almost a year ago. I did not use it a lot at first, but slowly I started to take it to the store more often. Then my wife got an in office job. I gave the scooter to her and ended up getting myself a larger one. I ride it all the time now. And now that we both have one we have started to go places together on them.

We do both still have our cars, where we live (rural New Mexico) it would be fairly difficult for us to totally do away with them, plus I have not figured out how to transport our dogs with the scooters yet.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How often are you transporting dogs, could you just pay someone (like a taxi driver) to do it when needed? Even if you have to offer extra for the dogs.

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

Every day. We take them to a hiking trail by the river every morning. And the vet is 54 miles away.

As far as a taxi, that is 80 miles away.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

54 is a good number. Nicely divisible by 9.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Driving a dog to walk it just seems strange to me, but I guess some people have to.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

I would rather drive the two miles to walk with the dogs in the woods with a dirt path, shade, wildlife, and no roving packs of aggressive dogs