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"The term “micromobility” only makes sense if we accept motor vehicles as the default. Yet so often, these vehicles are oversized for the purposes for which they’re used." -Sarah Risser in a really interesting piece that reminds me yet again how often implicit autocentrism *drives* language choices. (I know you see what I did there.) https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/06/12/opinion-why-we-should-stop-using-the-term-micromobility #WordsMatter #transportation #micromobility
Opinion: Why We Should Stop Using the Word 'Micromobility' — Streetsblog USA
"SUVs, pick-up trucks, and passenger cars should not be the benchmark by which we judge the size of other forms of transit, and the term ‘micromobility’ encourages us to believe that they are."usa.streetsblog.org
