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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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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 weeks ago

This is an example of induced demand having a positive effect.

This is also why it boils my blood when I hear my municipality say that there's no cycling infrastructure at XYZ because there's no demand for it right now.