Posts by Phil Latz
Impressions of Hobart – Better Days Ahead?
Hobart, Tasmania During May I had a rare opportunity to spend two days in Hobart. This was my first visit in several years and I was able to see the latest cycling infrastructure developments, as well have off-the-record meetings with key stakeholders across the government and private sectors. It was certainly cold during my visit!…
2023 Micromobility Conference Postponed – A Personal Letter from Phil Latz
Wollongong, NSW I’m writing to announce that we’ve decided to postpone the 2023 Micromobility Conference. We ran the first Micromobility Conference in November 2022 and although it was a great success in terms of fantastic speakers, encouraging reviews from delegates and many other positive aspects, it ran at a financial loss. It’s about a month…
What Does Australia’s Bike Industry Future Look Like?
This article originally run in our sister publication, The Latz Report, late last month. While the report is focused on the Australian bicycle industry, the level of response from members of the broader micromobility sector persuaded us to reproduce the article in the Micromobility Report. As we all know, Australia’s bike industry went through an…
Impressions of Auckland – What Can Australian Cities Learn?
Auckland, New Zealand Here at the Micromobility Report, we like to report extensively about what is happening in New Zealand. This is not only because our target audience is both Australia and NZ but because in many ways, NZ has been more progressive than Australia when it comes to various forms of micromobility regulation and…
influencers! – Kevin Mayne
In many fields we hear about someone who is an ‘overnight success’. But further research usually reveals that they’ve put in years of hard work before they seem to suddenly start kicking big goals. Kevin Mayne is a great example of this. After completing a science degree followed by an MBA, Kevin worked in the…
influencers! – Erik Bronsvoort
It’s a hard truth that most of us don’t want to hear, but just because we buy and ride a bicycle does not mean we couldn’t further reduce our environmental impact. Sure, bicycles have far lower environmental impacts than cars. They are typically about 100 times lighter, sometimes even more. In the case of e-bikes…
Inside Beam’s Queensland Headquarters
Brisbane, Queensland Most Australian cities are at least somewhere along the progression of either trialling or fully implementing shared e-scooter and e-bike systems. But they’re all playing catch up to Brisbane, which is already five years down the path and has the largest share fleet. Brisbane started with e-scooter share schemes in 2018 and Beam…
Smiles and Celebrations as Two Hard-Won Projects Open
Sydney, NSW Two significant protected bike lane projects had their official opening ceremonies just one week apart in Sydney during March 2023. In both cases, it took more than a decade of struggle from cycling advocates to ensure these short but heavily used and strategically placed pieces of infrastructure were built. College Street Cycleway As…
Riding for Better Streets
Sydney, NSW The Better Streets Coalition held community action rides in Sydney and Wollongong last weekend, ahead of the NSW State election on Saturday 25th March, to ask candidates to support the recently formed lobby group’s five key asks. On Saturday 4th March, Better Streets founder Megan Sharkey addressed more than 100 participants gathered at…
influencers! – Chris Nolte
Chris Nolte is a very quiet spoken, humble guy – especially for an American! After enduring some life changing trauma in the Iraq war, Chris started questioning America’s oil based economic system and compromises that this led to. He became a pioneering retailer of e-bikes in the USA, a heinous crime that earned him a…