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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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[–] markstos@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fix the headline to say “evidence says”.

We’re not guessing. This isn’t he-said she-said. We know what makes streets safer because changes have already been tried and effects measured!

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

Contact The Guardian, I didn't write it.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Understood, I was complaining to the universe.

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago

We should just call it making a "bike-free car lane" and do the exact same thing as putting in a bike lane and then these troglodytes would love it.

[–] BasedMaquisEddington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“We are taking a wide street that is four lanes – two in each direction – and cutting it in half for the purposes of a green initiative,” Wasserman said. “But how does that help emergency vehicles? If I’m dying in a fire, God forbid, is the ladder equipped to reach my window?

Yes, blame the bike lane for a deadly fire 🙄

This is absurd, like 30-50 feral hogs, but for traffic capacity instead of cartridge capacity. They need that 4 lane street to save lives!

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This oaf should hear about emergency vehicles using bike lanes to bypass traffic congestion.