micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

Not just that, but it also puts significantly less wear and tear on the road vs cars. So you can save money there by getting more people to bike.

Do we really need every road to be dedicated to cars anyways? It's a lot of repaving. You could dedicate a few roads to bikes, or bikes and buses, and potentially repave way less often. And repaving and repainting isn't cheap. The more you think about it, the weirder it is that we've paved a massive grid of roads so that anyone can drive in a 500x500 foot square. Dedicating some foot traffic, some to bike and bus/rail, and some to cars could help people get away from having to drive everywhere because anything else is too unsafe due to cars.

While I am a Cyclist™ and truly enjoy leg power to get me all over the place, if I were to get an e-bike, it would for sure help with those errands that are 30km+ away. Even shorter errands where I'd prefer to get to my destination in regular clothes would be easy with an e-bike.

It's s tough problem since a large part of the market is internet sales from random brands that are using non standard parts in many cases. Quality is sus, electronics are not UL listed, they are largely viewed as disposable , etc. Also separately I think many local bike shops have been bought by manufacturers and only service their stuff. These ebike brands need to get serious about standardizing component and building relationships with bike shops, but that costs money.

Yeah, compared to my regular bike, my ebike rides like shit. I wish I'd bought a more traditional bicycle-like ebike rather than my cheap folding Chinesium bike shaped object.

I once had to use a share ebike to grt somewhere. It was just over, bought one the day after now I use it for everything. Even riding it for 2hours a day is still so much fun.

I prefer my normal bike to my e-bike... Granted, the e-bike is a cheap Decathlon one...

I love any kind of ebike to be honest. I've tried heavy front hub rideshare bikes, and a considerably nicer mid-drive specialized como 2022. They get me from A to B really comfortably and with ease, which is all I really need.

That said, I sadly don't own an ebike myself, my personal bicycle is a dutch-style upright with a 7sp internal hub, and fully enclosed drivetrain.

The infrequent maintenance is a major convenience factor for me, so much so that I want my next bicycle to be belt driven, better so if I can find an electric one 👌

Skill issue. The only reason people there are like that is because the suburbs were designed wrong.

Seems to be specific to Saanich, BC. It's about 2k pop/mi^2^, which is like medium density suburb (single family zoning with small yards).

I live in rural suburbia and after buying an ebike I almost never drive. That'll change when winter comes. For now, everything I do often that doesn't require taking the kids with me, I take the bike. Liquor store, cafe, corner store, park, pleasure ride, picking up a burger or sandwich but not a pizza, exploring, all better on a bike. Better fitness, more enjoyment, and cheaper.

I live in the suburbs. Luckily, my city has a somewhat good trail network that can take me 10-15 miles to downtown and I only have to cross a handful of roads at grade. There are places I can't easily get to with a bike, but the number of places I can get to is much larger than I had thought. A lot of these paths and routes weren't known to me because they run along creeks and drainages where I can't see them easily from the road.

On a recent weekday during evening rush hour, I found myself speeding down the freeway at a whopping 5mph wishing I had ridden my bike.

To be fair, there are a lot of places in the suburbs that aren't bikeable at all, but I think people would be surprised.

Read the article. 😊 I mean, it's even in the one sentence summary.

I live in burbs and use cycle for transit. collar burb though and our public trans is good to.

There are absolutely people who live in the suburbs and still use some form of micromobility as regular transport. I live in a suburb and commute by bicycle or ebike almost every day unless the weather is really bad or I have to haul something very heavy/big.

Am baffled.