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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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Electric bikes are booming in popularity in just about every demographic in the US. From teens riding to school all...

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[โ€“] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Other than my personal annoyance with the 750w limit and not an acceleration curve, this was going to happen eventually.

They are just defining when one becomes a motorcycle or scooter and that was definitely needed.

[โ€“] DrFistington@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah, current laws just don't adequately address e-bikes. Like in my state, if it has pedals and the motor is less than 50cc, you can use roads but don't need a license or insurance. But that means dick for an electric bike with pedals and an motor rated in watts