micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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I'm in Vietnam right now, and let me tell you, trades people can definitely carry tools around on a bike. The huge loads they carry here are impressive.
However, the reality is, in say Australia, that tradesperson has about 2.5 tonnes of tools, and no bike anywhere is going to be able to lug that around.
4wd. Long range, and most likely, diesel engines are the best for these people. That's reality. Anything else is a fantasy.
The reality I gave was, in fact, for a trades person in Australia, and it's the way it works there.
And how many are doing this in a way that would be acceptable as traffic-safe in a western city? I've seen videos of people in SEA transporting goods in all kinds of highly unsafe manners. Full-size fridge on a normal bike? A ton of bricks in a small hand-cart? Haybales, three meters wide and four high, on a scooter? Quite normal down there, but I can't see anyone doing this in a large western city.
Not a single one would pass any form of regulation in Australia at least. It can be done, but it's not practical, legal, nor considered safe in my country.
Try that I Canada this time of year too. We have snow in BC and it is below zero ( or 32 for Americans) most days now.