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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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Last September, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB-1271, which redefines and adds to several electric bicycle regulations in...

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[โ€“] ArbitraryValue 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how does the law treat "improvised" e-bikes which are pedal-powered bicycles with motors added by their owners? They aren't officially in any particular "class". I suppose they're all not street-legal...

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

I imagine it's one of those things where it's not technically legal, but as long as you're not doing 40 mph on your e-bike you're unlikely to be bothered about it.