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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wish I could but it's a bit too far for me. It would take 1 and a half hours (29 km)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Get an ebike! My commute is 24mi (28.6km) each way and it takes me about 1hr 15mins. With some bone conducting headphones and a podcast it's really enjoyable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I used to commute a little shy of that as a teenager but I would agree with @[email protected] on the ebike: That would make it totally doable timewise. The other part is being able to do it safely though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can do it safely. I d6ont live in the USA.

Ebikes are pretty expensive though. And it still takes longer to bike than to take the train, bus and walk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Access to good public transit is pretty great. If you still wanted to ride a bit, you could look into a folding bike: Brompton, Tern, and Dahon all make good ones. The Packalope is also pretty amazing I've heard (if you're rich, same for Brompton). Alternately, maybe some kind of board or scooter?