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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: 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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[โ€“] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

dozens of kids acquiring life altering tbi for doing something as mundane as running near a pool.

๐Ÿ˜ฌ yeesh, the mental image.

Yeah, pediatric care is both tremendously rewarding and horrendously soul crushing depending on what department you're working in. You eventually build up some callouses over the years, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit summers haven't lost some of its luster because of my job.

Engaging with families who went from having some of the best time of their lives to the worst moments of their existence over the course of the evening is still tough.