Posts Tagged ‘Highlight’
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High Appetite for More Intelligent e-Bikes
Leicestershire, UK Digital integration, for more ‘intelligent’ e-bikes, will be a driving force in attracting more people away from other modes of transport, according to a study from a Leicestershire university. The survey – Electric bicycles, next generation low carbon transport systems – sought to identify the integrated intelligent features most likely to encourage current…
Tasmania Legalises E-scooters
Hobart, Tasmania e-Scooters have been legalised in Tasmania after the State parliament amended Tasmania’s Traffic Act last month. The Government delivered on its election commitment to allow privately-owned and share scheme scooters on shared paths and selected local roads. “I’m very pleased to report that e-scooters will be hitting our streets this summer, providing a…
Keeping You More Up To Date
Wollongong, NSW Never before have the global bicycle and micromobility sectors experienced such rapid and major changes, as the world embraces them as transport solutions and escalating technologies drive their evolution. Major bike news from Australia and around the world is coming thick and fast, so from early 2022 the Micromobility Report and The Latz…
Cycling’s $6.3 Billion Injection to Australian Economy
Canberra, ACT Australia’s cycling industry directly contributed $3.4 billion to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020 and had a total direct industry output of $6.3 billion for the year, according to an Australian-first report spearheaded by the We Ride Australia cycling advocacy group and released last month. The We Ride Australian Cycling Economy…
Unprecedented Investment Continues to Pour In
Wollongong NSW There has never been a time when the money tap has been flowing so freely into the bicycle and micromobility sector. Companies that are only a few years old are raising hundreds of millions of dollars, giving them notional market values measured in the billions. Rad Power USA based e-bike brand Rad Power…
Pro Micromobility Mayors Win Elections
Montreal, Canada The following article was first published by The Guardian on Friday 29th October. Since then, there have been several more key mayoral election results that the original article could only speculate upon. Therefore, at the end of this article, I’ve added an update that includes more very recent ‘pro-micromobility’ mayoral victories. Every politician…
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Four e-Scooter Share Trials Announced
E-scooter share schemes will be trialled in four Victorian local government areas from later this year, in a 12-month pilot coordinated by the State’s Department of Transport.
Three metropolitan councils – the cities of Yarra, Melbourne and Port Phillip – will be joined by the regional City of Ballarat for the trial announced last month.
