High Beam on Road Transport Emissions for World Car Free Day

Still From Beam emissions video

Adelaide, South Australia Scooter share service provider Beam has marked World Car Free Day, on 22nd September, by releasing a graphic illustration of the road transport emissions in Australia’s capital cities. Beam produced a video for each of the capital cities, using graphics to provide “visualisations of just how immense road transport emissions are in…

Ride2Work Day Videos a Call to Arms

Participants in Ride2Work Day

Adelaide, SA Bicycle SA is using the 2022 Ride2Work Day as an opportunity to visually document the attractions and obstacles to active transport. The SA peak lobby group’s film crew will be taking to the streets for this year’s event, being held on Wednesday 19th October, to interview cyclists on the themes ‘What is stopping…

‘iPhone Moment’ Beckoning for Micromobility’s Ascendence

Sydney, NSW Micromobility is still yet to have its ‘iPhone moment’ as a major transportation force but it is fast approaching, according to long-standing industry commentator and visionary Oliver Bruce. The NZ native with a global presence in the industry said micromobility’s disruption to the automotive industry is already comparable to the impact early smartphones…

Sweeping Speed Reductions to 30kmh Proposed for Wellington Study

Map of Wellington

Wellington, NZ Traffic speed reductions to 30kmh are proposed for many urban streets in the NZ city of Wellington, with the city council instructing its officers to prepare a speed management plan. A meeting of Wellington City Council last week endorsed a staff recommendation to examine the feasibility of 30kmh speed limits for all non-arterial…

Active Transport Boost for Sydney Central Station

Rob Stokes in underground railway tunnel

Sydney, NSW Major active transport improvements around Sydney’s Central Station have been foreshadowed as part of an $11 billion Central Precinct Renewal Program announced by the NSW Government. ‘Central Precinct’ is a project led by the NSW Government to transform up to 24 hectares of land in and around Sydney’s Central Station into a state-of-the-art…

Sea Otter an Incubator for New European Micromobility Festival

Sea Otter Europe Bike Show

Girona, Spain A new European mobility festival will be launched as part of this year’s Sea Otter Europe Bike Show, starting today. The Spanish city of Girona will host Sea Otter Europe and the Euromobility Festival (EMF) from the 23rd to 25th September. A Sea Otter statement says EMF aims to be a catalyst in…

Active Transport Foreshadowed as Priority for COP27

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Active transport appears set to gain greater attention at the next instalment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP27. After being a last-minute inclusion for COP26, the COP27 Presidency of Egypt has identified transport as an issue of particular importance for the forum on the 6th…

EV Summit Strengthens E-Bike Role in Transport Solutions

Chris Bowen addresses the EV Summit

Canberra, ACT Micromobility is set to become a more central player in national solutions to Australia’s transport emissions and other transport problems, after cycling advocates were part of last month’s inaugural National Electric Vehicles (EV) Summit, according to We Ride Australia’s director – national relationships, Stephen Hodge. “We fully expect active travel and micromobility to…

30kmh Precinct for Wollongong Region Town

Map of 30km zone

Helensburgh, NSW South-eastern NSW has its second 30kmh speed zone precinct, with a reduced speed limit being introduced to the Helensburgh town centre. Transport for NSW announced signage would be installed from 29th August for the new speed limit, as part of a “long-term vision to make it a safe and welcoming place to visit,…

Micromobility Conference Revealing Growing Tech Solutions

People with Beam e-scooters

Sydney, NSW Industry and community expectations for e-scooter safety is taking the industry beyond GPS technology and onto more advanced systems to control how the vehicles are used, according to a head of Asia Pacific’s largest shared micromobility provider. The Australia and New Zealand General Manager of Beam, Tom Cooper, says the escalating transition from…