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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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Studies have shown that many people don't commute by bike due mainly to a fear of being hit by cars. A new bike-mounted proximity sensor has been designed to help such folks, by objectively telling them which streets are the safest for cyclists.

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The problem with the approach they're taking, and I do appreciate that they're making an effort to map out which streets are safer than others, is that it relies on the proximity of cars passing cyclists.

Unfortunately, you only need one idiot who isn't paying attention to kill a cyclist even on the "safest street". So maybe this creates a false sense of safety.

[–] philodendron@lemdro.id 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: I don't think any cyclist is going around urban environments with a false sense of safety. We're all hyper aware that any car could kill us

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I would disagree based on person observation.

It's also possible that the type of person who would use this service, is probably a cautious, aware cyclist.