London Doubles E-Scooter Trial – With Strict Requirements

By Phil Latz | 12th August 2021 |
Man and woman riding Dott eScooters in London

Scooter share companies are in competition for rights to operate in various cities around the world. But no licences are more coveted and more potentially lucrative than those of major cities that combine population density, scale, wealth and tourism, such as London, Paris and New York.

Which is Best? Canberra’s Three Share Alternatives Ridden & Rated

By Phil Latz | 15th July 2021 |
Bob Menzies on Neuron E-Scooter

Canberra, ACT Canberra is widely considered to be the best cycling city in Australia. It’s also one of the first places to legalise the riding of e-scooters. As we have previously written about, Canberra’s two competing scooter-share schemes are booming. On a chilly mid-winter’s afternoon, I took the opportunity to test ride all three of…

Updated! Summary of Australian Micromobility Share Systems

By Phil Latz | 15th July 2021 |
BYKKO share scheme in Newcastle

Brisbane, Queensland We published an earlier version of this table only five months ago in February 2021. But because things are moving quite quickly in Australia, we thought it warranted posting this newly updated table. Thanks to Dr Abraham Leung and Madison Bland of Griffith University in Brisbane for providing this information. We anticipate that…

Citi Bike Breaks its All-Time Records

By Phil Latz | 15th July 2021 |
Citi Bike docking station

If you’ve followed the evolution of micromobility including bike share systems closely for many years, then you’ll probably remember when Citi Bike opened. It was just over 8 years ago in May 2013 during the final term of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadiq-Khan. At the time it was…

Data Suggest that Ebikes are the Future for Bike Share

By Phil Latz | 15th July 2021 |
Divvy Ebike

New York, USA In just one year from May 2020 to May 2021 the proportion of all bike share rides done using e-bikes in 11 major cities across the USA more than tripled. An NBC News analysis of bike-share data from 11 of 13 cities that have comparable numbers shows that in May of last…

10 Tips for New Micromobility Cities

By Dan Barr | 10th June 2021 |
Beam Mobility eScooter

As micromobility becomes mainstream in Australia and around the world, cities are starting to see broader value in addition to the transport benefit. Since 2018, Australian smart cities around the country (excluding cities in NSW and Victoria) have been encouraging micromobility operators to provide e-scooter and now, ebike services in their jurisdictions.