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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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I see these every time a bicycle path intersects with any kind of car or train infrastructure. It just seems really patronizing, as if we're not capable of slowing down without getting off the bike; it also shifts responsibility onto the cyclists if there is a crash based on something arbitrary (mounted vs dismounted).

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

IDK I think the "bike lanes" that are actually just fucking gutters that have never been cleaned or maintained is a more infuriating sign: Paint doesn't really protect people but places that put up these "bike lanes" give themselves a big pat on the back, put up bullshit "bike friendly" signs, and then DGAF when a cyclist is killed or injured by another shitty driver who will barely be held accountable, if at all.