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Why Am I Launching the Micromobility Report?

There’s an old but enduring saying, ‘A picture says a thousand words.’ Why am I launching the Micromobility Report? Just one look at the photo of my then three year old granddaughter riding her balance bike in the park says it all.

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Light Electric Vehicles

Canyon Unveils Velomobile Concept Vehicle

Phil Latz - 7th September 2020

Bikes

Sub 7kg Ebike Sets New Guinness World Record

Phil Latz - 7th September 2020

Planning, Design & Education

Designing Streets for Kids – Major New Guide Published

Phil Latz - 7th September 2020

Policy & Funding

City of Brisbane Commits $58 million For Cycleways

Phil Latz - 25th June 2020

Features

What Will a Biden Presidency Mean for Micromobility?

Phil Latz - 8th November 2020 0

I write these words on Sunday 8th November, (Australian time) moments after Joe Biden claimed victory in the...

Is It Fair We’ve Virtually Legislated the Necessity to Own a Car?

Opinion Christian Haag - 15th October 2020 0

Why Am I Launching the Micromobility Report?

Features Phil Latz - 27th September 2020 0

Four Children Killed, ‘Riding Bikes’

Opinion Phil Latz - 28th February 2020 0

Why Micromobility Deserves Government Support

Opinion Phil Latz - 29th November 2019 1

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Bikes

Harley-Davidson Ebike Launch Generates Blaze of Publicity

Phil Latz - 20th November 2020 0

Famous American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has just launched its first production ebike and with it, a whole new brand and company division.

Light Electric Vehicles

New Electric Vehicles Importer Secures National Distribution

Phil Latz - 15th October 2020 0

On 30th September 2020 e-Motion Concepts (eMC) and Ride Sports announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for exclusive rights for distribution, sales...

Scooters

How Many Electric Scooters Are Being Sold in Australia?

Phil Latz - 27th September 2020 0

Many bike shops refuse to sell electric scooters and not without valid reasons. In most Australian states they’re still illegal to ride,...

Light Electric Vehicles

What Do Tesla’s Battery Day Announcements Mean for Micromobility?

Phil Latz - 27th September 2020 0

After months of largely Coronavirus induced logistical delays, on Tuesday 21st September, Tesla finally presented their much hyped and anticipated ‘Battery Day’...

Light Electric Vehicles

Canyon Unveils Velomobile Concept Vehicle

Phil Latz - 7th September 2020 0

German based manufacturer Canyon is best known for making high end carbon fibre bikes for road racing and mountain biking.

Bikes

Sub 7kg Ebike Sets New Guinness World Record

Phil Latz - 7th September 2020 0

Mechanical engineer Dennis Freiburg from Germany has set the Guinness World Record for the lightest ever e-bike prototype with a design that...

Infrastructure

Bike and Scooter Share

Australia’s Oldest Bike Share Scheme to be Axed… Then Upgraded.

Phil Latz - 13th December 2020 0

CityCycle in Brisbane is Australia’s largest and oldest bike share scheme. The scheme was founded 10 years ago when the Campbell Newman...

Policy & Funding

More Pop-Up Cycleways Announced for NSW

Phil Latz - 11th December 2020 0

Further to the first six pop-up cycleways already constructed that we wrote about here, on 23rd November 2020 Transport for NSW announce...

Policy & Funding

USA Public Volunteers US$1 Billion for Cycling

Phil Latz - 8th December 2020 0

In the USA, just like Australia, motor vehicle transportation receives the lion’s share of government transportation funding each year, with public and...

Integration & Data

Where Does Your City Rank in Cycling Friendliness?

Phil Latz - 5th December 2020 0

In an Australian first, cycling advocacy group We Ride Australia has applied a new tool to score every Australian capital on the...

Policy & Funding

Netherlands Reduces Default Speed Limit Nation-wide… 30 is the New 50

Phil Latz - 30th November 2020 0

On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, a majority in the House of Representatives approved a plan to introduce a...

Policy & Funding

Remarkable Turnaround for Symbolic College Street Bike Path

Phil Latz - 30th November 2020 0

Five years ago, one of the most heavily used protected bicycle paths in Australia that had been built at a cost of...

Recreation

Rail Trails

Murray to Mountains Rail Trail Extension Underway

Phil Latz - 16th December 2020 0

One of Australia’s longest and most heavily used rail trails is being extended by a further 30 kilometres. The...

MTB Trails

$3 Million Announced for MTB Trails at Mogo, NSW

Phil Latz - 20th November 2020 0

The wheels are in motion to attract a new cohort of adventure-loving tourists to the Eurobodalla with the announcement of $3 million...

All Other Recreation

Cardboard Cut-out Pump Tracks!

Phil Latz - 15th October 2020 0

A mountain biker based in Turin, Italy has invented a unique solution for quickly, cheaply and easily installing a pump track. Davide Reina’s goal was...

Rail Trails

Funding Announced for Long Awaited Tasmanian Rail Trail Expansion

Phil Latz - 7th September 2020 0

The North East Recreational Trail has the potential to become a world class recreational cycling route from central Launceston to Scottsdale, a...

MTB Trails

Mt Stromlo Forest Park Opens More Trails

Phil Latz - 7th September 2020 0

In a press release on 29th August 2020, Andrew Barr, Chief Minister for the ACT Government announced that four kilometres of Stromlo...

Rail Trails

$9.5 Million State Government Matching Funding Announced for Bundaberg to Gin Gin Rail Trail

Phil Latz - 7th September 2020 0

On Wednesday 19th August the Queensland state government announced $9.5 million in funding to match local council funding to build the first...

Australia’s Oldest Bike Share Scheme to be Axed… Then Upgraded.

Bike and Scooter Share Phil Latz - 13th December 2020 0

CityCycle in Brisbane is Australia’s largest and oldest bike share scheme. The scheme was founded 10 years ago when the Campbell Newman...

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Planning, Design & Education

Plan to Reclaim 800 km of Sydney Roads for People

Phil Latz - 15th November 2020 0

The architects behind the redesign of Central Station want to take 100,000 cars off the road by transforming Sydney's residential streets from...

Churchill Fellowship Awarded to Brisbane Based Micromobility Researcher

Planning, Design & Education Phil Latz - 27th September 2020 0

Michael Roth, Principal Consultant (Mobility Policy) at Veitch Lister Consulting in Brisbane has won Auto Skills Australia Churchill Fellowship to understand how...

Designing Streets for Kids – Major New Guide Published

Planning, Design & Education Phil Latz - 7th September 2020 0

On 6th August 2020 the National Association of City Transport Officials (NACTO) released a 216 page guide entitled Designing Streets for Kids.

Major Survey of Cycling Attitudes Yields Promising Results

Planning, Design & Education Phil Latz - 25th June 2020 0

Bicycles Online, Australia’s largest specialist online bicycle retailer, recently conducted a survey of 2,180 people Australia-wide via a wide range of sources...

Opinion

Features

What Will a Biden Presidency Mean for Micromobility?

Phil Latz - 8th November 2020 0

I write these words on Sunday 8th November, (Australian time) moments after Joe Biden claimed victory in the...

Is It Fair We’ve Virtually Legislated the Necessity to Own a Car?

Opinion Christian Haag - 15th October 2020 0

By Christian Haag* Decades of transport planning policy that has given the car unchallenged primacy of place has proved and continues to prove destructive to...

Four Children Killed, ‘Riding Bikes’

Opinion Phil Latz - 28th February 2020 0

On 2nd February 2020 I woke up early on a Sunday morning to the news that the previous evening, four young children,...

Why Micromobility Deserves Government Support

Opinion Phil Latz - 29th November 2019 1

I’ve always been an analytical type of person. Show me the numbers! Then I’ll make decisions based upon the data

Policy & Funding

More Pop-Up Cycleways Announced for NSW

Phil Latz - 11th December 2020 0

Further to the first six pop-up cycleways already constructed that we wrote about here, on 23rd November 2020 Transport for NSW announce...

USA Public Volunteers US$1 Billion for Cycling

Policy & Funding Phil Latz - 8th December 2020 0

In the USA, just like Australia, motor vehicle transportation receives the lion’s share of government transportation funding each year, with public and...

Netherlands Reduces Default Speed Limit Nation-wide… 30 is the New 50

Policy & Funding Phil Latz - 30th November 2020 0

On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, a majority in the House of Representatives approved a plan to introduce a...

Remarkable Turnaround for Symbolic College Street Bike Path

Policy & Funding Phil Latz - 30th November 2020 0

Five years ago, one of the most heavily used protected bicycle paths in Australia that had been built at a cost of...

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Rail Trails

Murray to Mountains Rail Trail Extension Underway

Phil Latz - 16th December 2020 0

One of Australia’s longest and most heavily used rail trails is being extended by a further 30 kilometres. The...

Bike and Scooter Share

Australia’s Oldest Bike Share Scheme to be Axed… Then Upgraded.

Phil Latz - 13th December 2020 0

CityCycle in Brisbane is Australia’s largest and oldest bike share scheme. The scheme was founded 10 years ago when the Campbell Newman...

Policy & Funding

More Pop-Up Cycleways Announced for NSW

Phil Latz - 11th December 2020 0

Further to the first six pop-up cycleways already constructed that we wrote about here, on 23rd November 2020 Transport for NSW announce...

Policy & Funding

USA Public Volunteers US$1 Billion for Cycling

Phil Latz - 8th December 2020 0

In the USA, just like Australia, motor vehicle transportation receives the lion’s share of government transportation funding each year, with public and...

Integration & Data