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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 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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Can't acoustic bikes also reach 20-30 mph? I know it's easier to reach those speeds on an ebike, but is it truly not an issue with regular bikes? To me, it just seems to unfairly target ebikes when regular bikes can also reach high speeds.

Unless someone is flat out sprinting, those speeds on a regular bike would not be easy achieve by a regular person in a crowded park.

That said, this is going to be a case of "a few will spoil it for the many".

Without electric options, the city would be hurting accessibility, so that would be bad.

Sigh. I don't know. Fine people being dangerous? Publicly shame them for riding like an asshole? I would try anything before removing micromobility from a public space.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 months ago

I think this is another problem where having an absolutely shitty police institution takes options off the table.

Like we could try to have speed limits and enforce it, but I'm very confident the NYPD would just use it to bother black people.

Anyway. A speed limit is probably better than a total ban imo, even if enforcement is going to be a problem. Just posting the limit will make some people behave.