Posts Tagged ‘Highlight’
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Ortlieb – Watertight, Durable & Diverse Backpacks
How Do You Get Beginners Riding $7,000 e-Cargo Bikes?
Most readers of the Micromobility Report would probably agree that getting more people riding bikes more often is a good idea. By extension, they’d say that getting more families on bikes, more young kids travelling to school via bike, more shopping done by bike and a host of other everyday applications, would be even better.
More Than Just Handmade Bikes at HBSA 2021
10 Tips for New Micromobility Cities
As micromobility becomes mainstream in Australia and around the world, cities are starting to see broader value in addition to the transport benefit. Since 2018, Australian smart cities around the country (excluding cities in NSW and Victoria) have been encouraging micromobility operators to provide e-scooter and now, ebike services in their jurisdictions.
Canberra Ranks as Australia’s Best Cycling City
Boulder, Colorado, USA Leading USA based cycling advocacy group PeopleForBikes has just released its fourth annual City Ratings report. City Ratings scores result from combining a city’s Network Score and Community Score. The Network Score, which is worth 80% of the City Ratings score, measures the quality of a city’s bicycle network. The Community Score,…
Sydney Harbour Bridge Concept Plans Finally Released
Sydney, NSW After years of delays to the long-awaited project, NSW Transport Minister, Andrew Constance, revealed the final concepts for the Milsons Point ramp. Release of the designs comes weeks after Transport for NSW refused to reveal the options to the public because its staff wouldn’t have been able to cope with the volume of expected feedback.…
The Stark Politics of Vehicle Choice Revealed
San Diego, California In wealthy western countries, apart from avid cyclists and inner city dwellers of major cities, most residents are virtually compelled by their nation’s planning decisions and resultant built environment, to purchase and drive some sort of vehicle, at least for some of their journeys. We’ve seen interesting studies before about personality characteristics of typical purchasers of certain…
First Data Shows Scooter Share in Canberra is Booming
Canberra, ACT Take a quick visit to the centre of Canberra on any sunny day and you’ll immediately notice e-scooters being ridden in every direction. The purple Beam and orange Neuron scooter-share schemes were launched in September 2020 as we previously reported. Each company was given permission to deploy up to 750 scooters in Canberra. On 9th April 2021 ACT Minister for…
Rail Trail Benefits Shine Through in New Video
Tumbarumba, NSW Bicycle NSW, Rail Trails Australia and Rail Trails for NSW have collaborated to produce an excellent five minute video that gives a compelling argument for the benefits of new rail trails. A wide range of local business owners and council members give their first-hand experience of the impacts upon their businesses and community since the Tumbarumba…
