Features
Our micromobility Features are typically longer form articles than are less time-sensitive that Latest News.
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…
New Portal to Enhance 2025 Micromobility Report Yearbook
Earlier this year we launched the first annual Micromobility Report Yearbook. We’re now well underway with planning and working towards the 2nd edition of the Micromobility Report Yearbook. After an extensive process of scope documentation and recruiting, we hired an experienced programming contractor. They are writing a new portal that will create a single interface…
Annual Guide to E-Bikes – More Growth and Innovation Ahead
In some ways e-bikes almost seem old-fashioned and already taken for granted, when there are newer, bright shiny things to capture our attention such as e-scooters or light electric vehicles. But the Australian e-bike market really only started to take off just seven years ago and despite a post-covid drop in import numbers and a…
Active Transport Lessons from Taipei for Australia
Taipei, Taiwan When it comes to transportation and urban design, every large city faces a similar set of challenges and trade-offs, but they respond to these in vastly different ways. Taipei is the capital and by far the largest city of Taiwan. I first visited in 1996 to attend the annual Taipei Cycle expo, which…
It’s Time for the Tour Down Under to Say No to Santos
Adelaide, SA If you look back through the Opinion section of the Micromobility Report, you’ll see I use my prerogative as publisher to voice an opinion very sparingly. There are only a couple of dozen opinion pieces since we started in 2019, most of which are non-controversial and some of which were written by guests.…