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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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Focus on discussing the idea, not attacking the person.

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rad. Thanks.

One cop literally drove onto the sidewalk so his car was half on the sidewalk and half on the road to cut me off and started screaming at me about CCs and horsepower.

When I explained it was an electric bike, he seemed very confused and then repeated the 50cc maximum and drove away.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make sure you actually print these to paper. I'd done that, but didn't have them with me on my encounter. I would not do this today, but on that day so many years ago, I let the cop take my phone back to his car with him.

Print them to paper.

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

Okay that's a good point.

I was just going to use my phone because I didn't even think of that.