Ten years ago the only people on a London street using scooters would have been the under fives, many with parents tugging them along on brightly coloured leashes. But step out in the Square Mile today and you can find besuited, middle-aged businesspeople, food delivery riders, youngsters â basically anyone except those who are frail or bringing in heavy freight â rolling themselves along in the manner of an early 2010s toddler.
Welcome to the micro-mobility boom. As jargon goes, the term “micro mobility” is both ugly and uninspiring, but it’s useful as it allows its fans â of which there are a growing number â to refer to everything with an electric motor that isn’t a typical car, van or lorry.
