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US Philanthropist to Fund Million-Dollar Cyclist Projects Around the World
New York, USA Ten cities around the world will receive up to US$1 million (A$1.59 million) to “implement creative and impactful bike-friendly street designs to help save lives and support climate-friendly transportation”, through a philanthropic organisation created by former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. In addition to the funding, each selected city will receive…
Platform Delivers the Ride Data to Debunk Misconceptions
Portland, Oregon, USA An automated data collection service designed specifically for micromobility is enabling city officials to easily address and debunk common concerns and criticisms of shared scooter and bike schemes, while steering a more informed course for the services. The Ride Report application is enabling council officers to walk into public forums and effectively…
Hackathon to Get Gifted Students on Deck for Better Share Services
Singapore Leading e-scooter operator Neuron Mobility is running a new global competition for tertiary students to design digital solutions that optimise share scooter services. Neuron’s inaugural Global Hackathon 2022, which began this week, provides university and college students with anonymous trip data from its services and encourages them to design an algorithm and operational plan…
Letter From America: Infrastructure Over Subsidies for Cycling Boost
Santa Fe, US Letter From America is a monthly feature in our other publication, The Latz Report. It focuses on the issues within the US bike industry this month covered a topic very close to the heart of micromobility, and likely to inspire debate, so we thought we would include this instalment in the Micromobility…
Pelago Racks Offer Sea of Stylish Touring and Commuting Options
Helsinki, Finland High-end Finnish bicycle and accessories manufacturer Pelago now has a distributor in Australia, with the Bike Collective kicking off the partnership with a delivery of luggage racks next month. The Adelaide distributor is already getting good interest from stores, despite starting only recently to spread the word about the initial shipment of 500…
Love to Ride App Following in the Footsteps of FitBit
Atlanta, Georgia A new app is getting more people on bikes by replicating the success of the Fitbit in motivating people to walk more. “Right now, bike riding data is where step counting data was at 12 years ago,” according to a spokesperson for the app’s developer, online cycling advocacy platform, Love to Ride. “Before…
Sweeping Speed Reductions to 30kmh Proposed for Wellington Study
Wellington, NZ Traffic speed reductions to 30kmh are proposed for many urban streets in the NZ city of Wellington, with the city council instructing its officers to prepare a speed management plan. A meeting of Wellington City Council last week endorsed a staff recommendation to examine the feasibility of 30kmh speed limits for all non-arterial…
Sea Otter an Incubator for New European Micromobility Festival
Girona, Spain A new European mobility festival will be launched as part of this year’s Sea Otter Europe Bike Show, starting today. The Spanish city of Girona will host Sea Otter Europe and the Euromobility Festival (EMF) from the 23rd to 25th September. A Sea Otter statement says EMF aims to be a catalyst in…
Active Transport Foreshadowed as Priority for COP27
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Active transport appears set to gain greater attention at the next instalment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP27. After being a last-minute inclusion for COP26, the COP27 Presidency of Egypt has identified transport as an issue of particular importance for the forum on the 6th…
Riese & Müller CEO Steps Down for Innovation Focus
Darmstadt, Germany The CEO of one of Europe’s most enduring and important players in micromobility, Riese & Müller, has stepped down from executive duties to focus more on innovation and product development. Markus Riese, who co-founded the e-bike specialist company in Germany almost 30 years ago, last month announced he was relinquishing the top executive…