Adelaide
High Beam on Road Transport Emissions for World Car Free Day
Adelaide, South Australia Scooter share service provider Beam has marked World Car Free Day, on 22nd September, by releasing a graphic illustration of the road transport emissions in Australia’s capital cities. Beam produced a video for each of the capital cities, using graphics to provide “visualisations of just how immense road transport emissions are in…
Ride2Work Day Videos a Call to Arms
Adelaide, SA Bicycle SA is using the 2022 Ride2Work Day as an opportunity to visually document the attractions and obstacles to active transport. The SA peak lobby group’s film crew will be taking to the streets for this year’s event, being held on Wednesday 19th October, to interview cyclists on the themes ‘What is stopping…
Beam Extension for Adelaide Coastal Councils
Adelaide, SA Three coastal councils in Adelaide have extended their partnership with Beam to provide scooter-share services until the end of October. The six-month extension for the exclusive permit, to operate in the cities of Port Adelaide Enfield, Charles Sturt and West Torrens, comes as data shows a steady increase in the distances travelled by…
Beam Rolls Out Surface Detecting Scooters
Adelaide, SA Share service provider Beam continues to roll out innovations to its services in several Australian cities, unveiling new AI Pedestrian Shield technology that automatically adjusts scooter speeds and an integration with Google Maps to help users find a Beam vehicle. In mid-March, Beam started introducing Pedestrian Shield to its services in Brisbane, Adelaide,…
New Bicycle SA CEO Getting Back On Bike
Fringe Academies to Head Off Bad Scooter Behaviour
Adelaide, South Australia Who said road safety is no laughing matter? Share scooter operator Beam is continuing its partnership with the Adelaide Fringe for a third consecutive year, teaming up as the festival’s official e-mobility partner. This year’s partnership is launching a ‘Summer of Safety’ campaign featuring SA celebrity Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello and Fringe artists.…
Unley Launches Latest Scooter Trial in Inner Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia Inner-city council area Unley is the latest Adelaide municipality to launch an e-scooter trial, signing up with Beam and Neuron Mobility for a service that began on Monday. The trial, launched on the eve of Adelaide’s festival season, will run for six months, with a review planned for July to determine if…
Further Expansion for Adelaide e-Scooter Trials
E-scooter share schemes in the heart of Adelaide are poised for further expansion, with the City of Adelaide council resolving to extend a pilot in North Adelaide for another 12 months.
A meeting of the council last month voted to apply to the South Australian Minister for Transport and Infrastructure for an extension of the North Adelaide trial beyond its current deadline of 31 October.
