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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, "Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND."

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[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What is micromobility? I am unfamiliar with this term.

[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's things like bikes, ebikes, electric scooters, monowheels, etc.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Kage520@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I love electric scooters in cities! I always get excited when I visit a city that has those Lime or other brand rentable ones.

[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I own my own private electric scooter and it's great. Makes for a quite pleasant commute, especially since I have a route that goes on protected bike lanes all the way from my apartment to my work!

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks. that makes sense.

[–] acelery@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Among other things include bikes, scooters, monowheels, etc.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzd11GMBONg

He's still with us. Why isn't he doing stuff today? I feel like he'd be a huge YouTube star if he did his schtick reading Twitter threads or comment sections super fast. Stuff like that.

[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !micromobility@lemmy.world

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like all posts about e-bikes. Let’s see some pedal power!

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I have pedal foldable bike(because I don't want cramming unfoldable bike in elevator pornography) and regular scooter. I want escooter, but will buy it only after 3d printer.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Cars, but like, Hot Wheels size.

[–] SufniDroid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It's a relatively new term to refer to extremely small and lightweight vehicles generally used for short-distance rides. Things like bicycles, rollers, very small electric vehicles like e-rollers, e-bikes, segways etc.