Restored Partnership a Silver Bullitt for Cargo Conversion

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Melbourne, Victoria While bicycle companies around the globe are looking down the barrel of a testing economic climate for the next few months at least, one Melbourne business has turned to a Bullitt as a solution. E-Cargo and commuter e-bike specialist Dutch Cargo last week signed as a distributor for Bullitt, a lightweight, front-loading cargo…

R&D Assistance for Mobility Concepts

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Melbourne, Victoria Australia’s national centre for transport and mobility research and development, iMove, is inviting submissions for transport technology concepts that could benefit from financial and development assistance. Up to two technology development projects will receive a maximum of $500,000 each in funding through iMove’s Impact Extension Program, to move ideas and concepts to a…

Yarra Council Considers Expanded 30kmh Neighbourhood

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Melbourne, Victoria A trial 30kmh area in central Melbourne is earmarked for expansion, with Yarra City Council conducting a pre-trial study to consider the move. Preliminary information about the proposed expansion, to incorporate southern sections of Fitzroy and Collingwood, was presented to a Yarra council meeting on 16th May. It was told the pre-trial study,…

Sustainable Transport Benefits Hit Home with New Partnership

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Melbourne, Victoria A sustainable urban housing designer and manufacturer, Nightingale Housing, has teamed with e-cargo bike subscription service Lug+Carrie to boost active transport as part of its sustainability goals. The two organisations recently announced the new partnership, which offers residents in Nightingale’s Sydney and Melbourne apartments discounted rates to trial Lug+Carrie’s e-bike subscriptions. Nightingale –…

Neuron Unveils New Scooter as Melbourne Named World’s Biggest Market

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Melbourne, Victoria Neuron Mobility this week unveiled its latest shared e-scooter, the N4, launching 1,000 of the new model in Melbourne. The Singapore-based company, which designed the N4 entirely inhouse, claims it is “the most rider-focused, sustainable and toughest e-scooter ever built”. The N4, launched on Tuesday, has an upgraded 300-watt, 48-volt, electric motor which…

First Australian Standard for Bike Racks

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Melbourne, Victoria Australia’s first formal standards for vehicle-mounted bike racks are under development, promptly largely by growing sales of vertical racks. Standards Australia’s recent decision to establish specific regulations for bicycle racks follows industry concerns and uncertainty about police issuing fines to drivers using vertical racks. In April 2022, fines imposed by Victorian police prompted…

New BIA Sustainability Committee to Assess Industry’s Performance

Melbourne, Victoria Bicycle businesses throughout Australia will soon be consulted on their recycling practices, to determine current levels of resource reuse in the industry, after a new Bicycle Industries Australia Sustainability Committee convened for the first time last week. BIA general manager Peter Bourke said the committee’s initial tasks will include quantifying existing recycling habits…

Arterial Melbourne Cycleway to be Permanent

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Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne’s Yarra City Council has resolved to retain, and make permanent, its protected bike lanes along Elizabeth Street, following the completion of a trial introduced in July 2020. The lane was originally intended as a 12-month trial and, in late 2021, was extended for another 12 months after the council considered community feedback.…

E-Scooters Legalised in Victoria and Share Trial Extended

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Melbourne, Victoria Victoria is the latest state to legalise privately owned e-scooters, the Victorian government announced last week. Meanwhile the scooter share scheme trial is being extended by a further six months. The extension took effect from Wednesday and will enable e-scooter share schemes to operate throughout the State, subject to establishing an agreement with…

Nominations Invited for Bike Sustainability Committee

Melbourne, Victoria Peak lobby group Bicycle Industries Australia (BIA) is calling nominations for its new sustainability committee. Nominations are invited from importer and retail industry members for the committee, which will provide advice to the BIA board in its efforts to help the bicycle sector achieve its sustainability goals. “Our initial focus is on the…