micromobility

micromobility

English

Alternative forms

• micro-mobility

Etymology

micro- +‎ mobility

Noun

micromobility (uncountable)

1. Transportation over short distances, provided by lightweight (usually single-person) vehicles.
   • 2020 February 5, Norman Mayersohn, “Data Driving New Approaches to Transportation”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     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 August 25, Gwyn Topham, “UK rides the wave of micromobility by embracing e-scooters”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

Translations

transportation over short distance

Catalan: micromobilitat f Chinese: Mandarin: 微出行 (wēi chūxíng) Czech: mikromobilita Dutch: micromobiliteit French: micromobilité (fr) f German: Mikromobilität f Greek: μικροκινητικότητα (el) (mikrokinitikótita) Hungarian: mikromobilitás Italian: micromobilità f Polish: mikromobilność Portuguese: micromobilidade f Spanish: micromovilidad f Swedish: mikromobilitet

Adjective

micromobility (not comparable)

1. Designating any small mobility device/vehicle used by only a single person.

Translations

designating a small mobility device

Hungarian: mikromobilitási

Further reading

• “micromobility”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary