Posts by Phil Latz
I’ve Got a Golden Ticket! … err, Golden Helmet.
Melbourne Victoria E-scooter operator, Neuron Mobility, ran its fourth annual Helmet Safety Awareness Week from 21st to 29th September, in partnership with road safety charity the Australian Road Safety Foundation (ARSF). This year’s campaign, which is referred to as ‘Golden Helmet Week’, will build on their continued commitment to highlight the importance of wearing a…
Zipidi is Finalist in UK’s Electrical Safety First Innovation Awards
Australian e-mobility advisory company Zipidi has been named as one of four global finalists in the Electrical Safety First Innovation Awards in the United Kingdom.This nomination specifically relates to Zipidi’s Buy Safe program, which significantly mitigates the risks associated with lithium-ion batteries and e-mobility devices, such as e-bikes and e-scooters. Buy Safe, Zipidi’s innovative trust…
Episode 4: Lee Waters
Season 1 Episode 4 Over recent years Lee Waters has been one of the most courageous and consequential politicians in the world when it comes to advocating for safer, more sustainable travel modes and questioning the usually unchallenged primacy of private automobiles. As Minister for Transport in the Welsh Government he led bold reforms in sustainable transport…
Episode 3: Melinda Hanson
Season 1 Episode 3 Melinda has dedicated her career to sustainable transportation. Her impressive qualifications and career record are only matched by her high energy levels and huge capacity to make a difference. She is recognised as an international change-maker in urban mobility (winning a ‘Remarkable Women in Transport Award from GIZ/Transforming Urban Mobility Initiative…
Active Transportation Lessons from London for Australia
London, UK Recently I spent a week in London enjoying glorious mid-summer sunshine and 9:30 pm sunsets while my colleagues in Australia were enjoying a record mid-winter cold snap. Ahh… that felt good to write! But it wasn’t all beer and skittles, as they say in the UK. Back in March when I made my…
Huge Investment in New Products on Show at Eurobike 2024
Frankfurt, Germany Each year, Frankfurt, Germany hosts the world’s biggest bicycle and micromobility expo. With western Europe being so much more transport and utility focused than Australia, products that still have a small market here, such as e-cargo bikes, have huge markets in Europe, so take centre stage at Eurobike. This article is a customised…
Update Your Listing! New Micromobility Portal Now Open
Late last year we launched the first annual Micromobility Report Yearbook. This is a sourcing guide that we publish in both online flipbook and print formats. The Micromobility Report Yearbook follows the proven format of its sister publication, The Latz Report Yearbook that has been successfully serving the Australian bicycle trade since 1996. Even in…
Bike and Scooter Share Ridership in North America Hits All Time High
Australia is not the only place where bike and scooter share has been growing strongly. All three modes of bike and scooter share: dockless bikeshare, docked bikeshare and scooter share, grew strongly in 2023 across the USA and Canada. Total trips on shared micromobility increased by 20% from 2022, surpassing the pre-pandemic 2019 peak of…
Infrastructure Briefs – From Sydney to Frankfurt and More
Missing Link Construction is Almost Complete As we’ve previously reported several times including here and here, the City of Sydney has been gradually overcoming all obstacles to build a major new protected cycleway along Oxford and Liverpool streets. This is a key missing link between the eastern suburbs of Sydney and the CBD and will…
City of Sydney Expands 40 kph Streets
Sydney, NSW Sydney’s streets will soon be even safer for everyone who walks, rides or drives, with the City of Sydney reducing speed limits to 40km/h across the local area. The changes will apply to the remaining regional and local roads that currently have a default speed limit of 50km/h within multiple suburbs. But on…