People can walk about a mile in 60 minutes. The US Army wants soldiers to do 120 paces per minute, assuming that is 30 inches (which is the average stride for males, for females it is about 27 inches) that means 3600 inches (3240 inches for women) per minute, or 300 feet (270 feet for Women) per minute. Given that a Mile has 5280 feet, that is 18 minutes (20 minutes for women) per mile. IF you go half that pace, it is still 40 minutes per mile. A one hour or less walk is NOT bad if you can NOT walk a mile, maybe you should be in a long term care facility.
Now, we are NOT including in the group for this electric skateboard anyone with a disability, such people can (and do) use electric powered wheelchairs and other devices, WHICH are also permitted on most mass transit systems. Thus my comment, if you need this skateboard to get to the bus stop because it is to far to walk, maybe you should talk to your doctor.
Thus, this skateboard is aimed at "healthy people" who are more then able to walk to and from the bus stop. If you have to go further, I question if this skateboard has the battery power to do so AND keep it light enough to be manhandled onto a bus.
Given the movement to permit bike riders to take their bikes on mass transit (Mostly in the form of front bike rakes on buses, but also inside LRVs on non rush hour time periods), how is this skateboard superior to a bicycle? Is this another solution looking for a problem? I fear it is. Within a mile walking is NOT that long so just walking to the bus stop may be superior. On the other hand, for people one mile or more away, the battery needed for those longer commutes would make the skateboard to heavy to be taken on board the bus. The better solution may be to bike to the bus stop and just lock up the bike at the bike stop till you need it on the return. You can do the same with this electric Skateboard, but is is superior to a bicycle or even an electric bicycle? This is assuming you can NOT take the bike onto the bus, if you can, the bike can do, but the skateboard may be to heavy given the battery needed.
Sorry, sounds like a solution to a problem that does not exist OR where there are superior solutions (Much like the Segway, yes people bought them and people use them, but as a whole inferior to just walking short distances, or riding a bicycle or riding a four wheel scooter, each superior in its niche to the Segway, but people who use the Segway thinks highly of them).
Just like the Segway is more a gimmick that has had some popularity, it has NEVER reached the level people thought it would. The reason is simple, the niches it operates in, just plan walking, using a bicycle or a four wheel scooter tend to be the better option. The same with this electric Skateboard, people will buy it, swear by it and use it, but most people will reject it for the superior capabilities of just plan walking, biking or using a four wheel scooter. Nice gimmick, but not a real solution to any transportation problem.
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