micromobility

[ mahy-kroh-moh-bil-i-tee ]

noun

1. the use of electric scooters, bicycles, and other light personal vehicles to travel short distances, typically within a city (often used attributively):

   Lower speed limits on urban roads could be the carrot to encourage more micromobility travel away from footpaths.

Word History and Origins

Origin of micromobility¹

First recorded in 2015–20; micro- ( def ) + mobility ( def )

Example Sentences

While groups promoting labor rights for app-based couriers exist all over the country, the organizing landscape for Los Deliveristas is fairly specific, because of the sweeping popularity of e-bikes, mopeds, scooters, and other forms of micromobility among New York City delivery workers.

From Salon

While there are federal government tax credits available for certain types of electric cars, though, there aren’t any yet for other forms of electrified transportation, like those bikes and scooters and micromobility methods that are popular worldwide.

From Slate

Benoit’s experience heralds a problem that early adopters of EVs, as well as electric micromobility devices like e-bikes and e-scooters, are beginning to face: These vehicles contain big, expensive batteries that will inevitably degrade or stop working over time.

From Salon

Bike share is a tough business, as any micromobility company could tell you, and new Lyft CEO David Risher has deemed it a distraction.

From Slate

Other micromobility firms that might once have been interested are in various states of distress now that capital is no longer cheap and freely flowing.

From Slate