Beam Fallout Continues After Whistleblower’s Revelations

Two people with e-scooter

On the weekend of Saturday 24th August, a story about micromobility was splashed across the front page of the Weekend Australian newspaper under the headline, “‘Running Hot Project’: e-scooter firm Beam accused of audacious scam” The first section of this article will republish a large section of that original article published by the Weekend Australian,…

Paris Shines Before and During the Olympics

Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France In July I stayed in Paris for a couple of days and took the most of my opportunity to tour as much of the city as possible by bike. It was my first visit to one of my favourite cities in the world since before covid. Part of my affection for this city…

Lee Waters Completes Successful Speaking Tour of Australia

Group of leading cycling advocates and politicians.

One of cycling advocacy’s global leaders recently spoke to large, enthusiastic crowds across Australia. Over recent years Lee Waters has been one of the most courageous and consequential politicians in the world when it comes to advocating for safer, more sustainable travel modes and questioning the usually unchallenged primacy of private automobiles. As Minister for…

Infrastructure Briefs – Some Important Australian Projects Progressing Well

Kangaroo Point Bridge

If you’re an advocate for better cycling and micromobility infrastructure in Australia, you may sometimes despair at the slow rate of progress. So sometimes its good to stop and take stock of what is actually getting built. The items summarised within this article total more than half a billion dollars of new infrastructure that is…

Active Transportation Lessons from London for Australia

Person cycling on protected bicycle lane over Westminster Bridge, London.

London, UK Recently I spent a week in London enjoying glorious mid-summer sunshine and 9:30 pm sunsets while my colleagues in Australia were enjoying a record mid-winter cold snap. Ahh… that felt good to write! But it wasn’t all beer and skittles, as they say in the UK. Back in March when I made my…

Huge Investment in New Products on Show at Eurobike 2024

Outdoor demo exhibition area of bicycle expo.

Frankfurt, Germany Each year, Frankfurt, Germany hosts the world’s biggest bicycle and micromobility expo. With western Europe being so much more transport and utility focused than Australia, products that still have a small market here, such as e-cargo bikes, have huge markets in Europe, so take centre stage at Eurobike. This article is a customised…

Update Your Listing! New Micromobility Portal Now Open

Micromobility Report front cover

Late last year we launched the first annual Micromobility Report Yearbook. This is a sourcing guide that we publish in both online flipbook and print formats. The Micromobility Report Yearbook follows the proven format of its sister publication, The Latz Report Yearbook that has been successfully serving the Australian bicycle trade since 1996. Even in…

More Women and Children are Riding in Sydney

Man on e-cargo bike with two children seated in the back and backpack in the front.

Sydney NSW A detailed survey of 5,722 cyclists passing by seven precisely defined checkpoints within the City of Sydney has revealed some fascinating insights. Normally I don’t run press releases in full, in fact, perhaps one in a hundred of the releases I’ve been sent over the years. But I’m doing so at the end…

Autonomous Driving is Here and Will Be Good for Micromobility

Waymo Robotaxi parked on a street

I’m not an expert, but for the past decade I’ve been following developments in autonomous driving quite closely. I also consume a lot of podcasts with tech / transportation / cycling / micromobility themes. Like anything that’s radically different, there has been a lot of hype and fear in roughly equal parts in relation to…