Infrastructure
This category includes any product or service that enables micromobility.
Netherlands Reduces Default Speed Limit Nation-wide… 30 is the New 50
On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, a majority in the House of Representatives approved a plan to introduce a standard limit of 30 kph in built-up areas, replacing the previous 50 kph. Their objective is to reduce road casualties, specifically in areas with schools and strong concentration of children. Esther van Gardere, CEO of Fietsersbond, the…
Remarkable Turnaround for Symbolic College Street Bike Path
Five years ago, one of the most heavily used protected bicycle paths in Australia that had been built at a cost of five million dollars, ripped out by an anti-cycling Roads Minister. The state was New South Wales, the path was along College Street in the CBD of Sydney and the then Minister for Roads…
Some Concrete Improvements for Melbourne…
Rathdowne Street is a major cycling route connecting the northern suburbs of Melbourne into the CBD. Despite being host to a steady stream of cyclists every weekday morning in particular, it had a particularly dangerous stretch approaching the major intersection with Victoria St just next to the Carlton Gardens and Royal Exhibition Building. Cyclists previously…
New Report Details Bike and Scooter Share’s Rapid Growth
Most people with an interest in the topic would instinctively know that bike share and scooter share are growing. But a new report gives us some more concrete evidence. The North American Bike Share Association (NABSA) recently released their first annual Shared Micromobility State of the Industry Report. NABSA is uniquely placed to gather and…
Dutch Government Pilots E-Bike Power Zone Technology
“You have been cycling through an empty stretch and you are mostly thinking of yourself and your experience, but now as you come into a built-up area it is about the collective good. By reducing the speed we are making it safer for everybody.” Indranil Bhattacharya – Technology Strategist Electric bike motors will be shut…
Fedex Embraces E-Cargo Bikes
Here is a short, well-produced corporate video from FedEx’s Toronto Canada office where they’re the latest in a long line of logistics operations to replace at least some of their trucks with cargo bikes. The Bullitt Cargo Bike fleet are being supplied to Fedex by Curbside Cycle, a Toronto bicycle dealer that specialises in urban…
Plan to Reclaim 800 km of Sydney Roads for People
The architects behind the redesign of Central Station want to take 100,000 cars off the road by transforming Sydney’s residential streets from asphalt into green space. In an analysis of 11 inner Sydney local government areas, global architecture firm Woods Bagot says up to 800km of lesser-used roads could be replaced with pedestrian networks, community…
New York City to Trial First Scooter Share Scheme
On Friday 30th October the New York City invited companies to apply for an e-scooter pilot program, expected to launch in March 2021. Companies of all sizes, some from overseas, said they intend to apply. They included established U.S. firms Bird and Lime and two leading European companies, Voi and TIER. New York City is…
What Should the 2020 Queensland State Election Mean for Micromobility?
Now that the votes have been counted and the Palaszczuk Labor Government has been re-elected with an increased majority, it will be interesting to see how their future performance compares to their pre-election policy platform in relation to cycling and walking. During the campaign they pledged $58 million for cycleways and active travel for financial…
Bicycles Ride Into Federal Parliament
On 8th October, Australia’s peak cycling advocacy group, We Ride Australia, announced the establishment of Parliamentary Friends of Cycling – the culmination of more than a decade of federal advocacy by We Ride. The Friendship group marks a coming of age for bicycle riding in federal Parliamentary circles. An initiative of We Ride Australia’s Stephen…