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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course there are exceptions where biking won't work, but the US is enormous. There are plenty of places where the weather is much more forgiving than almost any part of Europe. The US is not some "exceptional" geography. Delivery bikes are spreading in boiling hot Spain and freezing cold Finland. These excuses are mindboggling.

its better for a shipping company to run a van that does efficient same day deliveries than fragmenting shipping using utility vehicles that wouldnt handle shipping surges in certain periods, which also not sustainable from a business stand-point, and probably adds more to emissions.

Add more emissions? More bike emissions? Even in Europe, it was financially better for delivery companies to use vans until they changed the policies and incentives. I have no idea why people like you are against this. Yes, this won't work in some places, but there are many places where it will work. We just need to demand better laws and incentives.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Delivery bikes are spreading in boiling hot Spain and freezing cold Finland. These excuses are mindboggling.

i am not denying the existence of those, but i hope they involve some form of climate controlled cabin

Even in Europe, it was financially better for delivery companies to use vans until they changed the policies and incentives

if it is fiancially viable, then all the better (hopefully also with less emissions when using ebikes)