Features
Our micromobility Features are typically longer form articles than are less time-sensitive that Latest News.
World News Briefs
UK Moving Towards Banning E-bikes & E-scooters From All Government Property. The Government Property Agency (GPA) has banned e-scooters and modified e-bikes from all government buildings and land. A position statement on the matter also says that other e-bikes will have to be parked in external car parks or open-air areas and that battery charging…
Zipidi is Finalist in UK’s Electrical Safety First Innovation Awards
Australian e-mobility advisory company Zipidi has been named as one of four global finalists in the Electrical Safety First Innovation Awards in the United Kingdom.This nomination specifically relates to Zipidi’s Buy Safe program, which significantly mitigates the risks associated with lithium-ion batteries and e-mobility devices, such as e-bikes and e-scooters. Buy Safe, Zipidi’s innovative trust…
Active Transportation Lessons from London for Australia
London, UK Recently I spent a week in London enjoying glorious mid-summer sunshine and 9:30 pm sunsets while my colleagues in Australia were enjoying a record mid-winter cold snap. Ahh… that felt good to write! But it wasn’t all beer and skittles, as they say in the UK. Back in March when I made my…
Update Your Listing! New Micromobility Portal Now Open
Late last year we launched the first annual Micromobility Report Yearbook. This is a sourcing guide that we publish in both online flipbook and print formats. The Micromobility Report Yearbook follows the proven format of its sister publication, The Latz Report Yearbook that has been successfully serving the Australian bicycle trade since 1996. Even in…
Biketober – Getting More People Cycling
Melbourne, Victoria Biketober is a free initiative, funded by City of Melbourne, RACV (Royal Automobile Club of Victoria) and a number of other supporting councils. It’s designed to both promote and inspire people to try riding for the first time and those that do already to ride more. This will be the second year of…
Lebron James – Cycling Advocate
Akron, Ohio, USA Even most non-sporting fans have heard of LeBron James, who in addition to being arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, is also one of the richest sportspeople of all time with a net worth of A$1.9 billion in 2024 according to Forbes magazine. But far fewer people would know that…
Beam Mobility CEO Shares Remarkable Story
Just five years ago, Beam Mobility established operations in Australia. Today it operates bike and scooter share schemes in 38 locations across Australia and New Zealand and employs a team of approximately 400 people. Throughout that time, Tom Cooper has been Australia New Zealand General Manager of Beam. In our second Micromobility Report Podcast, we…
Autonomous Driving is Here and Will Be Good for Micromobility
I’m not an expert, but for the past decade I’ve been following developments in autonomous driving quite closely. I also consume a lot of podcasts with tech / transportation / cycling / micromobility themes. Like anything that’s radically different, there has been a lot of hype and fear in roughly equal parts in relation to…
Welcome to the First Micromobility Report Podcast!
Wollongong, NSW & Brisbane, Qld I’m thrilled to announce that we’re officially launching the Micromobility Podcast today! We’re planning to bring you one interview per month with guests from around Australia and the world. Our first interview, live now, is with Philip and Irene McAleese, co-founders of See.Sense. Established in 2013 by Philip and Irene…
World Bicycle Relief Plans to Exceed One Million Bicycles
Chicago, USA On Boxing Day, 26th December 2024 a huge earthquake caused a tsunami that swept across Indonesia and neighbouring countries, killing almost a quarter of a million people and leaving millions more homeless. F.K. Day and his wife Leah watched these events unfold from their home in the USA and wanted to help. That…