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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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So... after reading the article, i think that this is an even better idea than i thought before i had read it! Very interesting and good initiative by the city when fast ebikes stop people from using bikes all together!
My original comment:
Increasing speed will very rarelly save you from an accident. Slowing down, or braking will.
If in any case you need to move away from something combing at you, a higher top speed will not help you. Acceleration will though and ebikes still have that.
If you're going full speed, more speed will not get you away from a truck moving towards you. You're much better off stopping or slowing down or even turning