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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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 been riding scooters for more than 25 years, and I can't say I've ever been excited about this category of two-wheelers until now. And at the moment, a Chinese upstart called Omoway has got me especially hot and bothered.

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[โ€“] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Self driving while empty and at lower speeds could be great to re-shuffle them back to higher demand areas to then rent them out again.

But self driving while I'm on it, please no

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Arranging for your own scooter to meet you would be great too, especially if it's got decent storage. There have been a few times when I've gone to my nearest town and done a bit more shopping than I was expecting to, so getting back from the bus stop would be hard work, or I've gone to visit someone and had to leave early for the bus.

Having a scooter that could come to me would mean that I could walk or bus there, but be able to make my own way home, or drag my broken old body out for a longer walk without having to turn back too soon ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd like this in bicycle form too. Summoning a cargo bike would be great.

[โ€“] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Careful, that almost sounds like exercise ๐Ÿ˜ณ

Just carry a traffic cone in case you need to disable it!

[โ€“] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Self driving car? I don't really think so. Self driving two wheeler? Helllll no.

Looks great though.

[โ€“] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But self driving trolly bus tho... ๐Ÿค”

You summon the scooter to get to the bus, then the scooter goes home until you need it again?

Maybe one day, it would be cool to be able to summon your own ride.