micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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The context is important.
Yes, an experienced road cyclist can go faster than 50km/h in certain circumstances, and while I'd never condone those speeds in bike lanes, there's a high level of training that acts as a gatekeeper to achieving those speeds. It's also difficult to maintain those speeds for very long.
Ebikes enable people to go faster than they otherwise would, but it requires no skill or experience, which is where the risk comes into play.
In the elderly, ebikes are causing a massive spike in injuries, even in the Netherlands (ruling out poor infrastructure as the cause).
Speed limits should be common sense in bike lanes, but assholes will be assholes regardless of what the law says.
Fwiw, the average speed of a tour de France cyclist is only around 40km/h, and that's with the benefit of drafting behind other riders.