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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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Bike trails are like freeways for bikes...
Especially on old train tracks that were designed to minimize crossing road traffic. It's faster than driving downtown in my city.
Bike lanes are for going a couple blocks, and even if they're completely separated from the road, you're going to be crossing lots of other roads. And if there's separation, you're not as visible.
In my area that means cyclists either just ride on the single lane roads anyways, or they use the bike trail and blow thru "mini intersections" 5-10 feet away from where vehicles are looking. Usually not even slowing down for stop signs because they're too frequent.
The big issue is people doing it on roads "for exercise" on a $5k bike with all the equipment money could buy to make it as easy as possible. And bike trails give them a place to ride.
That makes life better for everyone