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A '''Mobilian''' is a [[person]] moving on his/her own, and only moving himself/herself. |
A '''Mobilian''' is a [[person]] moving on his/her own, and only moving himself/herself. |
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A Mobilian is a person moving on his/her own, and only moving himself/herself.
That is, not moving goods, other persons etc, but transporting oneself only. A mobilian can move by foot (pedestrian), by bicycle (bicyclist), skateboard (skater) et. al. - and also by motorized means.
The term 'mobilian' is needed to distinguish between two main categories of road users and users of public spaces: The Mobilian, who strolls, walks and rides to get somewhere on his/her own hand, and - The Transporter, who transports not only himself/herself, but also other persons/goods.
'Mobilian' is thus a general term covering ie. 'pedestrian','passenger','motorcyclist','skater' et al. under ONE term.
This term is suited for adoption into road management, traffic analysis, urban planning etc.
See also
'Mobilian' is the name of wifi-tech company founded in 1999 in Oregon, USA, and acquired by Intel Corporation in November 2003.
Mabila, Alibamu which is the origin of the term "Mobilian" and means the "Mabila" indians were members of the Alibamu tribe (The name Alibamu means "brush gatherers" in the Choctaw Indian language). Thus, when we combine the names Mabila and Alibamu we have "paddlers" and "brush gatherers" which seems very appropriate for the local Indians that paddled canoes and gathered brush and other items (such as Palmetto leaves) along rivers and streams for their villages.
This information is derived from the following historical site that I created:
http://members.aol.com/RDBoyd/page3.html
rdboyd@aol.com