Infrastructure
This category includes any product or service that enables micromobility.
Australia Takes a Step Towards Legalising Scooters and Other Micromobility
Canberra, ACT Australia’s National Transport Commission (NTC) has released its recommendations for common micromobility legislation across all Australian States and territories. The recommendations could see electric scooters and other forms of Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) become legal across Australia in 2021. Australia is one of the world’s laggards in adopting progressive legislation to enable a…
Free Planning Guide For Cycle Logistics Hubs Published
Copenhagen / Denmark City Changer Cargo Bike (CCCB) is a collaboration of 20 partners including cities, research institutions, NGOs, and industries from all over Europe in the quest to achieve a faster, more cost-effective and larger-scale deployment of cargo bike based logistics. On 22nd January 2021 CCCB published a comprehensive 28-page guide to different design…
Oslo Gets Serious About Micromobility
Oslo / Norway The City of Oslo has seen a 77% increase in bicycle traffic since passing a dedicated bicycle strategy in 2015. They were previously building just 1.5 kilometres of separated cycling infrastructure per year which was increased 10 fold to over 15 kilometres per year. This is about to double again as they’ve…
From Big Auto to Big Electric
Washington DC / USA It was bound to happen sooner or later. On 17th November 2020, 28 USA corporations founded ZETA, the Zero Emission Transportation Association. Their initial 28 members include electric vehicle manufacturers Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, Lordstown and Proterra. They also include engineering companies, mining industry groups (for copper and lithium) battery companies, electricity…
Shared Micromobility Company Pony Wins Start Up Prize
Brussels / Belgium The European Startup Prize for mobility (EUSP) is an EU-founded Acceleration and Investment Programme for sustainable mobility start-ups. This initiative aims to support and scale up smart and sustainable mobility start-ups all across Europe. Each year, 500+ start-ups apply to its Acceleration and Investment programme. The EUSP provides multiple investment opportunities as…
Why Are Some Countries So Much Safer for Cycling Than Others?
Washington DC / USA The USA’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently published its first bicycle safety report in 47 years. Although, as you’d expect the report is focused upon the USA, we found this interesting chart (below) that shows a comparison of both the popularity of cycling and the death rate across 14 countries…
Dockless Ebike Share – A First Time User’s Perspective
I deliberately did not go online to read any instructions in advance. I wanted to see what the experience would be like if I was a casual tourist or local visitor, just hiring on impulse. Phil Latz Sydney / NSW Last year Lime rolled out their re-branded Jump dockless ebike system in Sydney. During a…
The Bicycle Universe in 30 Minutes
Sydney / NSW ABC’s Radio National has produced an excellent 30 minute summary of the history of cycling worldwide, leading up to its current and future role as a post covid transport solution. Produced by Annabelle Quince and Keri Phillips the Rear Vision program is extremely well researched. It features brief interview excerpts with experts…
BBC Produces Documentary on the Bike Boom
London / UK In December 2020 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released an interesting new 23 minute documentary about the global bicycle market and its covid induced boom. The program is one of an eight-part series entitled Made on Earth: Road to Recovery. As you would expect from the BBC, this is a very well-produced…
Summary of Micromobility Share Systems in Australia
Brisbane / Queensland We recently came across this excellent table of share schemes for capital cities in Australia. It was compiled by Madison Bland and Benjamin Kaufman, both PhD candidates and Abraham Leung a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, all based at the Cities Research Institute at Griffith University in Brisbane, Qld. We anticipate that during 2021,…