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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 (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 (1 children)

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?

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

Quite a few people bring electric scooters on the train and that seems like real fun and it would probably speed up the commute quite a bit because I could skip the bus and the walking. Unfortunately it seems a pain to bring it on the train each day. The train I take each day is also fairly small so I would be self conscious about taking up so much space for something that only benefits myself.

Either way, I don't mind public transport too much since I can listen to music or play games on my Steam Deck.

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

Being able to sit back and relax does sound pretty great. You could also maybe consider a skateboard, longboard, monowheel, or skates, but there's nothing wrong with walking either.

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

I actually enjoy walking quite a bit. I always walk to the train and I walk from the train if I have the time. Unfortunately I'm slow out of bed so I usually don't have the time. So I take the bus instead.

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

I can respect that, I love walking and hiking as well but I also love sleep haha