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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…
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…
Queensland E-Mobility Incentive Scheme Doubled
Brisbane, Queensland On Monday 30th September the Queensland government announced that they were doubling the previously launched $1 million e-Mobility Rebate Scheme due to exceptional demand. Surpassing all expectations, an extra million dollars was added, with the Government stating it received over 860 applications for e-bike and e-scooter incentives in just the first three days…
What Next for E-Scooter Share in the City of Melbourne?
Melbourne, Victoria As was widely reported at the time, on Tuesday 13th August, the Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne moved to ban e-scooters from the City of Melbourne. The motion to end the council’s contracts with operators Lime and Neuron as part of the two-year trial, narrowly passed, six votes to four. What…
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…
More Women and Children are Riding in Sydney
Sydney NSW A detailed survey of 5,722 cyclists passing by seven precisely defined checkpoints within the City of Sydney has revealed some fascinating insights. Normally I don’t run press releases in full, in fact, perhaps one in a hundred of the releases I’ve been sent over the years. But I’m doing so at the end…
Asia Pacific Cycling Conference Successfully Rebooted in Brisbane
Brisbane, Qld Way back in 2011, 2013 and 2015, what was then known as the Asia Pacific Cycle Congress was held in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and then back in Brisbane. I remember participating in the Gold Coast edition and it was certainly a major event, helped by very significant financial backing from the Queensland…
It’s Time for the Tour Down Under to Say No to Santos
Adelaide, SA If you look back through the Opinion section of the Micromobility Report, you’ll see I use my prerogative as publisher to voice an opinion very sparingly. There are only a couple of dozen opinion pieces since we started in 2019, most of which are non-controversial and some of which were written by guests.…
Study Concludes That Quality Bikes Are Also Cheaper in the Long Run
Sixty five years ago the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) was founded as a not for profit consumer advocacy organisation. Shortly afterwards they founded Choice magazine which soon gained a huge subscription base and continues to this day. According to Wikipedia, the ACA had over 80 staff as of 2019. Choice does not accept any advertising…