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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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If you’re looking for an affordable and accessible way to live longer, skip the pricey wellness retreats and quirky biohacks—just bike to work.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago (4 children)

If I biked to work, it would take me 3-4 hours one way...

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If I biked to work it would take less than three seconds and leave tyre marks on my carpet.

[–] MellowSnow@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I'm not sure I could fit a full bike between my bed and my desk, actually lol. I'll just round up to a full 1 second then.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

If I biked to work I’d be hit by three rednecks in giant trucks. And it would also take me 3-4 hours.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It sounds like you live too far away from work, to be honest.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nah, it takes me about an hour to go to work with public transport, it's fine.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Not the worst situation in the world, no. You're probably already quite alright taking the train (or bus, but this sounds like a train situation), given that it's also a form of active transportation. Plenty of light exercise to be had when taking transit.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Maybe living closer to where you have to work everyday would fix that. Of course in north america we've made it very difficult to build in existing city land and instead we keep building more and more satellite communties that commute to an urban center, and then ruin that urban center by constantly driving and parking cars where many people are trying to work and live. So living close to work has become very difficult for many people.