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Micro Mode

Short-distance, typically low-speed personal transport modes that fall outside conventional categories of walking, cycling, road vehicles or mass transit, generally covering the last mile of a longer trip. Belongs here: powered personal devices such as e-scooters, self-balancing personal transporters and similar small-scale mobility devices. Does not belong here: bicycles, which belong under Human-Powered Mode even where electrically assisted, and conventional motor vehicles.

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Era of Emergence
2017 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Micromobility
WikipediaMicromobility, term coined
Quote, Micromobility, term coined
The term micromobility was allegedly coined by Horace Dediu in 2017.
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