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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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London transport body takes action as size of e-bike fleets run by companies such as Lime and Forest soar

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've long thought that the solution to this sort of crowding is fairly straightforward: park the micromobility devices in car parking spaces. Not only would it be using that designated plot of public property in the most compatible way, it is also a democratic method to assess demand for parking. If more rental scooters and ebikes are using that space more than cars.... that's a cue to re-dedicate the space for that new beneficial use.

The fact that there are complaints from pedestrians about scooters on pavements (aka sidewalks in America) means that that's not the right space to park them. So let's find them some proper space, in proportion to public benefit.