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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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I've never tried (or really even looked at?) a velomobile but there has to be disadvantages right? Extra weight, more difficult to mount / dismount, clunkier for parking, unsightly scratches, and simply the lack of wind in your hair...
The weather tends towards inclement where I am, but the thing is it's rarely so bad that a velomobile would really be warranted. It usually only rains for a few minutes at a time.
A velomobile or a recumbent tadpole is much more comfortable and safer. You can go much faster and/or more relaxed and you can transport more weight to go shopping. It's the most energy efficient personal transport.
The only insurmountable downside is that upright bicycles are more agile in city traffic, and that a veomobile / tadpole requires more space at home.
But once they are cheaper and more geared for practical use instead of enthusiast speed machines, they have the potential to allow to mostly replace cars. At least if we change how we live and work to a less insane way.