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Sustainable Transport Benefits Hit Home with New Partnership
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
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
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
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
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…
Brighter, Lighter and Unburdened by Over Analysis
Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne-based company Knog has foreshadowed it’s about to get a lot more upfront with its lighting designs, with the imminent release of a new range of high-powered headlights. Knog cofounder and owner Hugo Davidson predicted the range, scheduled for release in April, will be a gamechanger despite taking a more simple approach compared…
E-Bike Webinar Fostering Push for Financial Incentives
Melbourne, Victoria An e-bike incentives webinar being held by WeRide Austrailia next month is aiming to foster a community groundswell for financial assistance programs in this country. Registrations are open for the Creating Change Through E-Bike Incentives webinar, being held on Tuesday 4th April from 10-11am and featuring e-bike incentives experts from the US, UK…
Uber Social Experiment Challenges Australians to Go Car Free
Melbourne, Victoria Rideshare company Uber is challenging 50 Australians to go without their cars for four weeks, and document that experience of switching to active transport and other sustainable options, in a world-first social experiment launched this week. “This trial will provide insights that will help Australians recognise their overreliance on their car and decide…