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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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Amsterdam is often held up as the gold standard for bicycle-friendly cities, but even in one of the most bike-centric...

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kind of depends: Thinner tires "cut" through the snow better, but wider tires grip better overall and handle shitty terrain way better (like busted up city streets). They seem to do better on ice patches to some degree (though if you are in truly icy conditions, studded tires are the way to go).

[–] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It snows only a few days per year in amsterdam, so that isn't really a big issue. I survived my whole youth cycling 3-7km to school in the netherlands through all weather with normal bike tires (and non-electric). I fell only once because of ice during an especially bad wintery week.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

I've heard the bike infrastructure is legendary over there too, that probably helps a good amount even when it does snow.