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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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[โ€“] bazinga@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And then you live in Norway and your bike gets stolen, you have inbuilt gps, you know where the bike is and the police does nothing and you need to buy a new bike

[โ€“] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I mean, that's how it is here too. I bet we can't find 5 countries where the police will investigate and retrieve your stolen bike.