Posts by Phil Latz
That’s a Wrap! No More Regular Micromobility Report Newsletters
Wollongong NSW This will be the final regular edition of the Micromobility Report newsletter. It’s going out to all subscribers on Friday 20th December 2024. Several months ago, we put our media business on the market. We had several interested parties but as things dragged on, I set a deadline of 5pm Friday 29th November…
How Will the Australian Bicycle and Micromobility Landscape Look in 10 Years’ Time?
Wollongong, NSW With this being the last regular Micromobility Report newsletter, what better way to end an era than to play Nostradamus and make some predictions of how the future will look? I’m choosing a time span of 10 years – specifically how will the world look on Sunday 31st December 2034. That’s long enough…
Infrastructure Briefs – December 2024
Benzina Zero Partners with Global Company’s Disaster Relief Stations In October Benzina Zero announced a partnership with Beam Global (a USA based company that has no connection with the shared mobility operator Beam Mobility). Benzina will supply their Duo light electric vehicles for Beam Global’s new BeamWell stations. The BeamWell product is a self-sufficient, self-contained…
Bicycles Have a Huge Positive Impact in Developing Countries
Lusaka, Zambia A landmark detailed study recently released World Bicycle Relief and IDinsight has provided critical evidence on the power of bicycles to boost livelihoods and empower rural communities. In late October 2024 World Bicycle Relief (WBR), a non-profit social enterprise that supports rural and remote communities by helping adults and children overcome transportation barriers,…
New Directors Strengthen We Ride Australia’s Board
Melbourne, Victoria We Ride Australia, the bicycle industry funded peak national cycling advocacy group, elected three new directors at its annual general meeting in Melbourne on Wednesday 27th November. Steven Kaye, Shane Byrne and Paul Oosting are the three newly announced directors. We Ride was hoping to also appoint at least one female director, but…
Unsung Heroes Honoured at 2024 Australian Cycling Luminaries Awards
Docklands, Victoria Since 2002 people who have been responsible for great projects that advance many different aspects of cycling have been honoured at the annual Australian Cycling Luminaries Awards. This year’s awards were presented at Docklands in Melbourne at Deakin Downtown, a campus of Deakin University. RideScore Active Schools Evaluation Report Before this year’s awards…
Parting Thoughts from One of the World’s Key Cycling Advocates
Brussels, Belgium At the end of 2024, Kevin Mayne is retiring as CEO of Cycling Industries Europe (CIE). We took the opportunity to talk with Kevin about his decades long career in cycling advocacy in the December edition of our Micromobility Report Podcast that you can see here. Kevin is an Englishman who took a…
World News Briefs – December 2024
Paris Restricts Through-Traffic in City Center A long-planned ban on private cars driving through the heart of the French capital is the latest part of Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s campaign to cut pollution and congestion. Back in May 2021 authorities floated a plan to establish a Zone à Trafic Limité — “Limited Traffic Zone,” or ZTL…
Episode 7: Kevin Mayne
Season 1 Episode 7 For more than a quarter of a century, Kevin has been one of the world’s most senior and successful leaders of cycling advocacy organisations. At the time we spoke to Kevin he was just about to retire after building Cycling Industries Europe (CIE) from small foundations into a large, successful, industry-funded…
Episode 6: Phil Jones
Season 1 Episode 6 Phil Jones is a quietly spoken achiever who has played a significant role behind the scenes in some of the UK’s most important advancements in active travel. Phil lives near Birmingham, UK where he has worked as a Charted Civil Engineer for over 40 years. In 2003 Phil founded PJA (Phil…