Micromobility Resources
What Are the Benefits of Micromobility?
Micromobility bikes and scooters can transport far more people at a much lower infrastructure construction and maintenance cost. The word ‘micromobility’ was only invented in 2017, but in just a few years this field, which includes e-bikes, e-scooters, bike and scooter share schemes and a range of other light electric vehicles has grown into a…
What is Shared Micromobility?
Shared micromobility is any small, human or electric-powered transportation solution that is shared between multiple users. Shared micromobility refers to bike share and scooter share schemes. Bike share came first, and scooter share is much more recent. There were basic bike share schemes dating back to the 1970’s. But the systems only really took off…
What’s the Future of Micromobility in Australia?
By Justin McCulloch* Over the past five years, Australia has had a strained relationship with micromobility. We’ve seen everything from the ongoing COVID-19 bicycle boom, to the rise, fall, and return of e-scooters in many cities around the country, to street trees and rivers being used as parking for cheap dock-less bicycles. Whether it’s because…
What is Micromobility?
Learn more about this rapidly growing industry & why every Australian needs to know about it. The term ‘micromobility’ is barely four years old, first officially used by USA business analyst Horace Dediu in 2017. Being so new, its definition is still evolving, but it’s broadly agreed at a minimum to include bicycles, e-bikes, electric…