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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] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] hushable 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Different use cases, the cargo bike is to haul cargo and kids around.

A velomobile is better suited to travel long distances, specially in bad weather.

Carbikes, like the ones in the video, can be used for both. I've seen plenty of cargo carbikes used by businesses and delivery couriers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The one on the picture though, it's just crazily ineffective use of space. That's already half of why cars are so terrible on cities

[–] hushable 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's just the attention grabbing thumbnail, it's a one-off project by some random guy who did it for fun.

All the other carbikes shown in the video are actually super nice and useful

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I might get one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That makes sense, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
  1. This has a roof.
  2. The balance isn't godawful like a bakfiets. (Hopefully)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago