A Flaw in the English Language

We need to fix a bug in the English language. There's no single, all-encompassing word for the many delightful, active ways to get around a city. Give us your suggestion in our Invent-a-Word Contest and let's fix this crisis. 

Some context

When we wrote this blog post, we cringed, as we have many times before, each time we needed to use [[THAT MISSING WORD]]. It’s too cumbersome to say “walking, rolling in a wheelchair, pushing a stroller, skateboarding, roller blading, scootering, biking.” And the technical jargon is just blech: “multimodal,” “micromobility,” “active transportation.” So, like those who came before us and made the English language more useful, we need to invent a word. 

More context for those who love context

This is not biking

And this is not skateboarding

And this is definitely not multimodaling

So what is it all?

Never enough context

Naming things is awkward. If you've ever named, say, a child, or a dog, or a feature on a website, or a [[THAT MISSING WORD]] route on a map, you know it feels funny the first few dozen times you say it. But after a while, it's hard to imagine that thing by any other name.