Missive from the Dept of the Bleeding Obvious: e-scooters are not active transport

[Shut Up Legs]

I wasn't sure whether to post this in the Advocacy sub-forum or the Health one, but decided on the former.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140524002093

It supports what I've suspected for some time: e-scooters give you less exercise than walking.

 

[classic33]

I wasn't sure whether to post this in the Advocacy sub-forum or the Health one, but decided on the former.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140524002093

It supports what I've suspected for some time: e-scooters give you less exercise than walking.

Those taking part in the tests will have been paid for taking part as well.

 

[Drago]

Blimey. Im glad someone researched that as id never have figured it out for myself.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

To be fair walking will use more energy than cycling if it is on the level and you are not trying to do time trial speeds

certainly if you use an ebike - even a legal one

Thing is - using an escooter will probably use more energy than driving a car - and give you more fresh air
(mostly)

but running would use more energy than walking


so - not exactly sure what the point is supposed to be

 

[mjr]

They're micromobility, not active travel. So?

 

[wiggydiggy]

I think Wall-E got this right already for where we are headed.

 

[katiewlx]

sadly yes Pixar got that aspect of humans right...and yes it may sound obvious escooters arent actually active travel, but there has been a push for a while, often by vested interests lobbying policy makers, to try to get escooters under the active travel umbrella term, because it would unlock more funding and grants towards them.

and certainly Active Travel England include them as part of their infrastructure planning approach, so schemes that would arguably just deliver cycle lanes previously end up supporting escooters in those trial areas, and then are considered part of the answer to sustainable transport solutions, even if they only get called I think micromobility and dont offer any of the health benefits associated with exercise as the result of active travel.