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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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Changes to the laws around the use of electric scooters, including the introduction of a minimum age limit, will come into force next Tuesday, 17 June.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Over the past three years, the average has been 18 deaths and 470 injuries per year. In 2023, there were 29 seriously injured. In addition, there were 266 more people severely injured who, for some reason, aren't included in these stats - I assume this also refers to the year 2023.

Of the fatal accidents, about half were collisions between a bicycle and a car, and half of those involved people over the age of 64. Among injured cyclists, one in five was under 15 years old.

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