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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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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess so, but it seems like the bike would have already fit that niche in 1944.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We're bikes powered in 1944? Because that's the niche this fits

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Yes. There were stream powered bikes since the mid-19th century, the earliest motorcycles were basically bikes with combustion engines attached, and there were even battery-powered electric bikes available at the turn of the 20th century. Here's an electric bike from 1935: