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“Mirage” is the polite world I use to characterize the idea that small individual transportation vehicles could be the solution to urban congestion or pollution. Micromobility is not an innovation…
Micromobility is socially selective, environmentally unfriendly, and it is not even supported by a sustainable model. But it is still well-hyped and it continues to draw large investments. Here is why.
“Mirage” is the polite world I use to characterize the idea that small individual transportation vehicles could be the solution to urban congestion or pollution.
Micromobility is not an innovation. It is a bad remedy to a failure of the public apparatus — at the state or the municipal level — unable to develop adequate infrastructure despite opulent fiscal bases.
Excellent article (en anglais) de Fréderic @Filloux décrivant une bulle de $ 4,4 milliards. La micromobilité, bien que "socialement discriminante, anti écologique, et économiquement insoutenable, reste ultra-tendance tandis qu'elle continue de susciter des investissements massifs." (ndlr : traduction de moi)