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micromobility

micromobility noun: transportation over short distances, provided by lightweight (usually single-person) vehicles.

Noun

micromobility (uncountable)

  1. Transportation over short distances, provided by lightweight (usually single-person) vehicles.
    • The arrival of electric scooters and motor-assisted bicycles, backbones of a transportation mode known as micromobility, has been greeted as part of the solution to clogged roadways and unbearable travel delays.2020 February 5, Norman Mayersohn, “Data Driving New Approaches to Transportation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • More cities around the country are expected to follow suit with year-long trials, as potential operators unveiled new technology in the race to tap into Britain’s new micromobility market.2020 August 25, Gwyn Topham, “UK rides the wave of micromobility by embracing e-scooters”, in The Guardian

Forms of micromobility

alternative formmicro-mobility

Origin of micromobility

From micro- + mobility.

Questions about micromobility

What does micromobility mean?
Micromobility means transportation over short distances, provided by lightweight (usually single-person) vehicles.
What part of speech is micromobility?
Micromobility is a noun.

Words near micromobility in the dictionary

  1. micromirror
  2. micromirrors
  3. micromixer
  4. micromixers
  5. micromixing
  6. micromobility
  7. micromodel
  8. micromodelling
  9. micromodels
  10. micromodification
  11. micromodifications

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