Infrastructure
This category includes any product or service that enables micromobility.
London’s Sound Investment for Safer Streets
London, UK Transport for London (TfL) is supporting the city’s e-scooter operators to develop a ‘universal sound’ to help improve safety, particularly for people with impaired vision. Operators Dott, Lime and TIER have announced plans to collaborate and partner with University College London’s (UCL) world-leading research facility PEARL to develop a ‘universal sound’ to identify…
Scooter Trials Underway in Victoria
Melbourne, Victoria e-Scooter hire trials were launched in Victoria on February 1st, as a State Government initiative to assess the suitability of scooters as a transport option in the long-term. Lime and Neuron Mobility were selected to operate the 12-month trial in the inner-city council areas of Melbourne, Yarra and Port Phillip, and are rolling…
Is Driving the New Smoking?
Paris, France A new French law requiring car advertisements to include messages encouraging people to use other modes of transport has sparked speculation about whether Australia might be ready for a similar move. The French legislation, passed in December, will require all advertising by car manufacturers to include one of three messages: “Consider carpooling”, “For…
Testing Starts for Tasmanian Scooter Trials
Hobart & Launceston, Tasmania e-Scooter share service trials were launched in Tasmania in mid-December, shortly after new laws were introduced in the State to allow scooters and other personal mobility devices (PMD) to be used on footpaths, shared paths, bike paths and some roads. Beam and Neuron have been chosen to operate the 12-month trial…
Frankston First Regional City to Trial Neuron e-Bikes
Frankston, VIC Frankston has become the first Victorian city, and Australia’s first non-metropolitan centre, to introduce a Neuron Mobility e-bike share scheme, launching a 12-month trial in January. Neuron is operating a fleet of 150 safety-first pedal-assisted e-bikes to hire across the 23 square kilometre City of Frankston district. Frankston City Mayor Nathan Conroy said…
UK Government Appoints Boardman to Head New Active Transport Group
York, UK Former Olympic cycling gold medallist and Tour de France yellow-jersey holder Chris Boardman MBE has been appointed as the head of a new active transport peak body in the UK. Chris was this month named interim commissioner of Active Travel England (ATE), launched last week by the British Government to “create safer streets for…
2022 a Year of Change
Sydney, NSW 2022 promises to be the most significant year in Australia’s micromobility development. The legalisation of rental scooters has occurred in all States except NSW — with a NSW trial a possibility later in 2022. Privately-owned electric personal mobility devices were approved for public use in Tasmania and WA in late 2021, adding to…
Victorians ‘Interested but Concerned’ About Cycling
Melbourne, Victoria A huge majority of Victorians are interested in cycling but only if adequate infrastructure was in place to protect their safety, according to a Monash University Study, “The potential for bike riding across entire cities” published this month. The study, ‘The potential for bike riding across entire cities’ found 76% of surveyed Victorians…
750km Milan Network to Make Cycling ‘the Most Obvious Choice’
Milan, Italy Milan is set to become Italy’s most cycle-friendly city, courtesy of a plan to develop a 750km network of cycling infrastructure and increase cycling rates to 20% of all journeys in the city. Late last year, Milan Metropolitan Council approved the €240 million (A$383 million) Cambio biciplan for 24 “super-cycle lines”: four circular, 16 radial…
Pioneering Car-Free Neighbourhood a Stepping Stone to City
Tempe, Arizona, US A company developing the US’s first car-free neighbourhood from scratch has raised US$30 million (A$41.89 million) to fuel its goal to create a car-free city. As Culdesac prepares to officially open its first project – a neighbourhood in Tempe, Arizona – the company has raised a $30M Series A led by Khosla Ventures.…