Posts by Phil Latz
Why Bike Parking and Other End of Trip Facilities are Vital!
Here’s a tale of two cities. In 2017 I had the pleasure of attending the Velo-City conference jointly hosted by the cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Arnhem is a relatively small city of approximately 160,000 inhabitants. Yet its modern train station which took no less than 20 years to plan, fund and…
WA Government Announces $20 Million For Cycle Trails
On Saturday 8th August 2020 Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced $20 million of new funding for cycle trails in Perth and surrounding towns. The funding was part of a $150 million tourism stimulus package. The trail funding is for mountain bike and general recreational trails in the Perth Hills, and the South Western region…
Paris 2020 Election Results Herald a Major Boost for Micromobility
Unlike most Australian cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, where the City Council area only covers a small, central city fraction of the total city, the Council of Paris is responsible for a 105 square kilometre area that his home to over 2.15 million residents. It covers the entire main city region, extending…
What Will Boris Johnson’s Historic UK Announcements Mean for Micromobility?
On Tuesday 28th July 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made his much anticipated announcement giving details about his government’s ambitious plans to boost walking and cycling. The £2 billion (A$3.64 billion) in new funding over the next five years had been announced previously by his Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, but much of the detail…
This TV Advertisement Was Banned!
Take a look at this TV advertisement for a new bicycle and decide for yourself if it was sufficiently offensive to be banned from TV. That’s exactly what happened when the Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle de la Publicité (ARPP) ruled that the film cannot be broadcast in France because it creates ‘a climate of anxiety’…
European Cargo Bike Sales Growing at Over 50% Per Year
Results of a comprehensive European Union funded survey into the cargo bike industry’s sales suggest that sales across Europe are likely to increase by just over 50% this year. The ‘CityChangerCargoBike’ project undertook the inaugural study of 38 brands operating in the sector who provided anonymised data. Here is a summary of European cargo bike…
Australian Wholesalers Want Faster eBikes
A survey of 55 Australian wholesalers who sell ebikes found that 73% of them would like our legislation changed to increase the maximum speed of power assistance from the current 25kph to 32kph. Bicycle Industries Australia (BIA) conducted a three question survey of wholesalers. In answer to the first question as to what their preferred…
Heavy Duty Cargo Trailers Coming to Australia
Melbourne based Dutch Cargo Bike will distribute Carla Cargo’s heavy-duty cargo trailers to commercial customers. Based in Germany, Carla Cargo was founded in 2018 and is now exporting its trailers across the UK, Europe and USA. The trailers have their own electric drive system and can handle loads of 150kg in trailer mode and 200kg…
All Interested Parties Urged to Share New Cycling Campaign Ads
Australia’s peak cycling advocacy group, We Ride Australia has just launched a new animated cartoon campaign to urge local councils to improve cycling infrastructure so more people can walk and ride during and post coronavirus. You can see the new campaign series here: Full version: https://vimeo.com/440520054 30 second version: https://vimeo.com/440517683 15 second version: https://vimeo.com/440519872 Bicycle…
Google Trends Shows Cycling Search Surge
Our new age of big data may send shivers down this spines of many civil libertarians, but it also reveals fascinating insights that were previously hidden. Using Google Trends software, we looked at the relative number of searches from within Australia for the three biggest bike brands over the past year, followed by four bicycle…