Posts by Phil Latz
Cyberbikes Chooses a Different Path
Leichhardt, NSW A Sydney e-bike designer and retailer developing his own two-wheel-drive, full-suspension electric bicycle has just opened a relatively small shop on one of the city’s busiest stretches of road. Cyberbikes founder and mechanical engineer Felipe Rodrigues has launched the brand’s first store on Parramatta Road, in the inner-city suburb of Leichhardt, where he…
Australian Walking & Cycling Conference Shares Pathways to Change
Unley, SA The Australian Walking and Cycling Conference (AWCC) is an entirely volunteer run national conference based in South Australia. This year’s AWCC was held from 19th to 20th October in the historic Unley Town Hall, about three kilometres south of Adelaide’s city centre. You would think that with its mainly flat terrain, sunny weather…
Record AITPM Conference Embraces Micromobility
Melbourne, Victoria The Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) is the national association for traffic and transport professionals. I first attended its National Conference in Perth, WA in 2018 as part of an invited delegation from We Ride Australia. We Ride was asked to run a one-day cycling forum the day prior and…
Important Micromobility Elements at New Look Expo
Darling Harbour, NSW The National Roads and Traffic Expo has been a relatively small expo in past years, with a very tight focus on road building and related infrastructure and services. However, its format was expanded and electrified for 2023 when its organiser Terrapinn Events, a large global events company, added eMobility Live to the…
Bike and Scooter Share Schemes are Still Growing
Latest data from North America and Europe all suggests that bike and scooter share schemes are still growing, with no end in sight. The North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association (NABSA) is a nonprofit created to provide resources, education, and advocacy for the shared micromobility industry. The organisation has 78 members in six countries and…
Australia Hosts Intelligent Transport Systems Global Summit
Melbourne, Victoria Hundreds of delegates from around the world and throughout Australia visited Melbourne from 28th to 31st August to participate in the ITS Australia Global Summit 2023. Micromobility Report was invited to be a media partner for this event and attended in that capacity. While most of the conference sessions and expo booths were…
Micromobility and Sustainable Transport in Upcoming ITS Global Summit
Melbourne, Vic ITS Australia (Intelligent Transport Systems) will include sustainable transport as part of its Global Summit in Melbourne from 28th-31st October 2023. The summit will be the largest gathering of international transport technology leaders in Australia since Melbourne hosted the World Congress in 2016. ITS Australia is the peak body for advanced transport technology…
We’re Changing the Micromobility Report Newsletter Frequency
Wollongong, NSW From this month forward, we’ll be publishing the Micromobility Report newsletter once per month. When we launched Micromobility Report, we were publishing a monthly newsletter, then from the start of 2022, we increased the frequency to twice per month. However, we have not seen any increase in advertising revenue since increasing the frequency…
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…