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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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[โ€“] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pulling a battery on a trailer is going to be a pretty big pain in the ass and limit both where you can go and where you can park. For bike packing it might make sense but for urban travel in an area without bike infrastructure, I suspect it will be more trouble than it is worth.

[โ€“] msprout@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

A pain in the ass for sure, but it isn't really out of the ordinary if, for example, you were riding a bicycle from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Great Allegheny Passage. You'd already be pulling your camping gear; the folks I know who did the GAP on pedal power did so with almost 100lbs in gear split across one trailer and three bikes' worth of pannier bags.