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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cars are way more convenient in America. It's not a good thing, but it's true. Youre going to have a very hard time convincing people that would be willing to use a cargo bike but who are are on the fence that they should buy a cars worth of cargo bike at the outset.

Adoption of cargo bikes are much likelier in the $1500 range than the $7000 range. You're already asking people to step away from their comfort zones and the norm in American society. Asking them to "spend a used car" to do it just makes it way, way less likely.