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Sustainable Transport Benefits Hit Home with New Partnership
Melbourne, Victoria A sustainable urban housing designer and manufacturer, Nightingale Housing, has teamed with e-cargo bike subscription service Lug+Carrie to boost active transport as part of its sustainability goals. The two organisations recently announced the new partnership, which offers residents in Nightingale’s Sydney and Melbourne apartments discounted rates to trial Lug+Carrie’s e-bike subscriptions. Nightingale –…
Hobart Switches on First Public E-Bike Charging Stations
Hobart, Tasmania Tasmania’s first public, free e-bike chargers were activated in Hobart last week. The City of Hobart council has installed two e-bike charging bays at the Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre, as part of a reconfigured parking space for regular bikes near the centre’s entrance. Hobart’s Sustainability in Infrastructure Portfolio Chair, Councillor Bill Harvey,…
Scooter Share Roundup: Micromobility at Heart of UN Safety Week
Micromobility takes centre stage in the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week, which has adopted the slogan #RethinkMobility. The annual road safety event, from 15th to 21st May, is highlighting the need for governments to facilitate a shift to walking, cycling and using public transport. It calls on governments and their partners to invest in…
Disappointed Lobbyists Say EV Strategy a Missed Opportunity
Canberra, ACT Last week’s release of the Federal Government’s National Electric Vehicle Strategy has been branded a “major missed opportunity” by peak active transport lobby groups disappointed the document doesn’t make a single mention of e-bikes and other forms of micromobility Groups such as We Ride Australia and the State advocacy organisations welcomed the strategy…
Neuron Unveils New Scooter as Melbourne Named World’s Biggest Market
Melbourne, Victoria Neuron Mobility this week unveiled its latest shared e-scooter, the N4, launching 1,000 of the new model in Melbourne. The Singapore-based company, which designed the N4 entirely inhouse, claims it is “the most rider-focused, sustainable and toughest e-scooter ever built”. The N4, launched on Tuesday, has an upgraded 300-watt, 48-volt, electric motor which…
Expanding Workshop to Examine Growing Last-Mile Challenges
Sydney, NSW Effective regulation of the thriving last-mile delivery sector in Australian cities will come under the microscope when the University of Sydney hosts a free workshop, Micro-freight: Sustainable (or not) Last-Mile Delivery Solutions, later this month. What was expected to be a relatively small gathering of industry, government and academic delegates has grown into…
New BIA Sustainability Committee to Assess Industry’s Performance
Melbourne, Victoria Bicycle businesses throughout Australia will soon be consulted on their recycling practices, to determine current levels of resource reuse in the industry, after a new Bicycle Industries Australia Sustainability Committee convened for the first time last week. BIA general manager Peter Bourke said the committee’s initial tasks will include quantifying existing recycling habits…
Arterial Melbourne Cycleway to be Permanent
Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne’s Yarra City Council has resolved to retain, and make permanent, its protected bike lanes along Elizabeth Street, following the completion of a trial introduced in July 2020. The lane was originally intended as a 12-month trial and, in late 2021, was extended for another 12 months after the council considered community feedback.…
Large Incentives Targetting Low-Income Households Bring Best Results
Canberra, ACT Incentive programs to promote e-bike purchases should consider eligibility criteria that target assistance for lower income residents, and often need to be a significant sum to achieve broad behavioural changes, according to a US academic specialising in e-bike incentive schemes. Speaking at a We Ride Australia webinar last month, graduate research assistant Cameron…
Impressions of Auckland – What Can Australian Cities Learn?
Auckland, New Zealand Here at the Micromobility Report, we like to report extensively about what is happening in New Zealand. This is not only because our target audience is both Australia and NZ but because in many ways, NZ has been more progressive than Australia when it comes to various forms of micromobility regulation and…