Backgrounds Converge for New Bicycle NSW CEO

New Bicycle NSW CEO Peter McLean

Sydney, NSW New Bicycle NSW CEO Peter McLean has a resume that reads like a trident for cycling advocacy. Peter started in the role last week, bringing top-level experience in health and wellbeing, environmental sustainability and stronger communities – the three-pronged selling points for cycling as a mode of transportation and recreation. His previous roles…

Productivity Commission Calls for Consideration of Higher e-Bike Speeds

The Rad Power RadRover 5 is one of the fastest budget-priced e-bikes on the market.

Sydney, NSW A NSW Productivity Commission report has advocated a review of e-bike speeds, current power limits for cargo bikes and the State’s ban on electric scooters, saying relaxing these regulations could bring substantial benefits. The Regulating Emerging Technologies report, released in November, focuses on personal mobility devices, e-bikes and drones, and says they “have the…

Atlassian Founders Invest Heavily in e-Bikes

Zoomo e-bikes

Sydney, NSW Australian e-bike innovator Zoomo’s mission to cement micromobility as the worldwide solution for last-mile urban delivery services has been boosted by an $80 million capital injection spearheaded by another Aussie business success story. Zoomo, based in Sydney’s Surry Hills, this month announced it had secured the capital raise led by Grok Ventures, the…

Lime Eases Financial Squeeze for Low-Income Customers

Lime ebikes

Long-standing micromobility share scheme operator Lime last month launched two social equity programs in Australian cities – a discounted ride program for Health Care Card holders and a free-ride initiative to encourage COVID vaccinations.

New Sydney Cycleways Amid Rider Boom

City of Sydney, Saunders and Miller St Cycleway

Three new cycleway links are being opened in central Sydney, coinciding with the release of a City of Sydney study that shows a considerable increase in the number of residents who cycle regularly.

Community Cans Proposed Bike Path

Castle Cove proposed bike path

A new bike path planned between Castle Cove and Chatswood has been rejected by the community, with residents and motorists clutching to their carparks and high speeds.

Data Shows Pop-up Cycleways Success

Underwood Lane Cafe Pop Up cycleway

Sydney, NSW Sydney’s pop-up inner-city cycleways installed to help commuters return to work during the pandemic have become so popular that they occasionally overtake the city’s busiest bike paths, furthering calls to make them a permanent fixture. The Pitt Street cycleway has seen an average of 4430 weekly trips since its installation in July, making…

Electric Cars Not So Great – Planning Minister Says

Tesla Car

Sydney, NSW NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes has warned Sydney risks being enslaved to cars as he becomes the third senior minister to offer a view on how the state government should deal with the public uptake of electric vehicles. Senior ministers are divided over how best to spur the take-up of electric vehicles while…