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Micromobility

Two bikeshare BikeRio users ride in the street along Copacabana Beach during ciclovia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018.

Micromobility refers to a range of small, lightweight vehicles, driven by users personally. Micromobility devices include bicycles, velomobiles, e-bikes, electric scooters, electric skateboards, shared bicycle fleets, and electric pedal assisted (pedelec) bicycles.[1][2][3]

Initial definitions set the primary condition for inclusion in the category of micromobility to be a gross vehicle weight of less than 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).[4][5] However, according to a standard of the SAE International in 2018 the definition has evolved to exclude devices with internal combustion engines and those with top speeds above 45 kilometres per hour (28 mph).[6]

The term micromobility was originally coined by Horace Dediu in 2017.[7][8]

  1. ^ "The Electric Assist: Leveraging E-bikes and E-scooters for More Livable Cities" (PDF). Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ^ McQueen, Michael; Abou-Zeid, Gabriella; MacArthur, John; Clifton, Kelly (2021). "Transportation Transformation: Is Micromobility Making a Macro Impact on Sustainability?". Journal of Planning Literature. 36 (1): 46–61. doi:10.1177/0885412220972696.
  3. ^ Olabi, A. G.; Wilberforce, Tabbi; Obaideen, Khaled; Sayed, Enas Taha; Shehata, Nabila; Alami, Abdul Hai; Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali (2023). "Micromobility: Progress, benefits, challenges, policy and regulations, energy sources and storage, and its role in achieving sustainable development goals". International Journal of Thermofluids. 17: 100292. Bibcode:2023IJTf...1700292O. doi:10.1016/j.ijft.2023.100292.
  4. ^ Dediu, Horace. "The Micromobility Definition". micromobility.io. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. ^ Zarif, Rasheq; Pankratz, Derek; Kelman, Ben. "Small is beautiful: Making micromobility work for citizens, cities, and service providers". Deloitte Insights.
  6. ^ O'Hern, Steve; Estgfaeller, Nora (2020-11-15). "A Scientometric Review of Powered Micromobility". Sustainability. 12 (22): 9505. doi:10.3390/su12229505. ISSN 2071-1050.
  7. ^ "The Micromobility Definition". Micromobility. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  8. ^ Latz, Phil. "Everything you need to know about Micromobility". Micromobility Report. Retrieved 2023-01-11.

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