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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, longboards, 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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Those back seats with railings feel like a broken leg waiting to happen if the bike tips over. Long johns seem so much safer for kids. Bikes shouldn't restrict leg movement. Even standard child seats have better fall protection since they have those high backs.
I really don't understand why bakfiets aren't more popular here in the US, or at least why they aren't at least starting to become more available. I've got a Lectric longtail now, but if somebody came out with an affordable bakfiets I'd upgrade in a heartbeat.