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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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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

Cool idea, but it's fucking ugly. The writer of that article is a bit of a wanker, too.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This is a bullshit concept art piece belonging in a Cyberpunk art gallery, and not the real world.

It looks dozens of times more dangerous than contemporary motorcycles.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

The fact that it appears to be designed such that it can't actually steer certainly isn't going to help.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Classic Yanko Design lol

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Looks heavy

[–] lessthanluigi 2 points 3 weeks ago

Streetwear?? WTF gave the idea that this looks anything like streetwear?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool concept but that looks awfully small

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

With a roof, side doors etc. On a bike there is infinite space upwards and outwards.

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but how much of that is useful as opposed to just... there. It's a bike, you're going to struggle to try to get passengers or oversized cargo on it. Having infinite space out to the sides is only helpful if you're especially claustrophobic. Having infinite space upwards only helps if you're too tall for the containment. A bike doesn't benefit from all that space.

[–] CheesyFingers@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Clearly not based in reality.

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

When you see it's featured on Yanko Design, you can pretty much rest assured it will be functionally absurd.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Pod... Bike?