Infrastructure
This category includes any product or service that enables micromobility.
Proposal to Raid Active Transport Funds for More Highway Expansion
Lime Returns to Brisbane with Expanded Fleet.
Brisbane Queensland More electric scooters will soon be on Brisbane streets, as the city’s original scooter hire scheme operator prepares its return this year. As part of a new deal with Brisbane City Council, San Francisco-based Lime will provide 1,700 e-scooters and 400 e-bikes. They replace Neuron as one of the two approved share scheme…
11th Hour Bid by New York Governor to Stop Congestion Pricing
New York City, USA Congestion pricing is a relatively simple concept: implement a fee for motor vehicles entering a crowded city centre. Then use this new revenue source to fund better public transport, so that both former drivers and existing public transport users have improved alternative means of transport. The concept may be simple, but…
Asia Pacific Cycling Conference Successfully Rebooted in Brisbane
Brisbane, Qld Way back in 2011, 2013 and 2015, what was then known as the Asia Pacific Cycle Congress was held in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and then back in Brisbane. I remember participating in the Gold Coast edition and it was certainly a major event, helped by very significant financial backing from the Queensland…
Dublin to Ban Driving Through Its City Center
Dublin Ireland This year, Dublin will become the latest European capital to bar through-traffic from its city center. In a bid to clear the roads and clean the air at its core, Ireland’s largest city is beginning a process of replanning central streets so that private cars and commercial trucks will be allowed access only…
Historic Declaration Expected to Unlock Billions for Cycling Infrastructure
Brussels, Belgium The European Declaration on Cycling was signed on Wednesday 3rd April at the Informal Council meeting of Transport Ministers led by the Belgian European Union (EU) presidency at Egmont Palace in Brussels. It is the most ambitious EU-level policy initiative on cycling to date, recognising cycling as a strategic priority and acknowledging its…
Infrastructure Briefs – Some Good News!
Two Key Sydney Infrastructure Projects Underway Construction work has begun on the much anticipated and “controversial” Liverpool St / Oxford St protected cycleway that will run from the city centre to the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Subject to approvals of future sections, the $7 million 1.8 km route underway now will eventually form part of…
Scooter and Bike Share Schemes Are Growing Fast Across Australia
The summary map that you can see at the top of this page was recently published by Zipidi, which is a consultancy run by Stephen Coulter and Krystyna Weston.When it comes to the status of the industry and government regulations, regarding micromobility in general and particularly in relation to shared e-scooter fleets, there are a…
Parisians Vote to Triple SUV and 4×4 Parking Fees
Paris, France Parisians have voted to triple parking costs for sports utility vehicles (SUVs), as the city aims to tackle air pollution and climate breakdown by targeting rich drivers in heavy, large and polluting cars. In a referendum held on Sunday 4th February 2024, which was closely watched by other capital cities, 54.6% voted in…
Infrastructure Briefs: UK Bans Toyota Advertisement on Environmental Grounds
UK Bans Toyota Hilux Advertisement Toyota was running an advertising campaign in the UK that was like so many that we’ve all seen before. An ‘army’ of Toyota Hilux pickup trucks (or utes as we might call them here) were shown careening through the wilderness while a voiceover describes the scene as “one of nature’s…