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Strategy’s 64 steps to Active 15-Minute Communities
Sydney, NSW This month’s release of NSW’s first Active Transport Strategy will “set an unprecedented target and steps to double walking and cycling trips” over the next 20 years, according to the Minister for Active Transport Rob Stokes. “Our plans for strategic cycleway corridors across Greater Sydney are just as city shaping as the major…
Membership Drive to Forge Path for Better Streets
Sydney, NSW A new Better Streets active transport advocacy and support group is on a membership drive as it prepares to target the NSW election in March. Better Streets is aiming to sign up at least 1,000 individuals and organisations in NSW – including actions groups, businesses, schools and health providers – to its active…
Would You Like to Manage the 2023 Micromobility Conference?
Sydney, NSW We’ve been very thankful to receive great feedback from delegates to the first annual Micromobility Conference, held from 25th-26th November. If you were a delegate and haven’t yet completed the feedback survey, then please do so as soon as possible as we’re now compiling and reviewing all feedback to make improvements for next…
Study Adapting US City Micromobility to Remote Australian Towns
Cairns, Queensland A Cairns-based town planner pushing to make micromobility a public transport solution for Far North Queensland communities has received a Churchill Fellowship to study in the US, to further research the proposal. The Australian Town Planner of the Year for 2020/21, self described “passionate regionalist” Nikki Huddy, will spend eight weeks studying eight…
Vanity, Not Climate Change for Micromobility Disruption
Sydney, NSW Virtually no one rides e-bikes because of climate change, according to micromobility pioneer Oliver Bruce. Instead, people typically travel by e-bike because it’s often quicker and there’s the opportunity for a bit of exercise, he told last month’s inaugural Micromobility Conference & Expo in Sydney. At the same time, advocacy for micromobility as…
Great Things Planned for NSW’s First Share Scooter Trial
Lake Macquarie, NSW Lake Macquarie has become the first council area in NSW to welcome shared e-scooters, with a 12-month trial along selected routes launched last Monday. The trial will take a very cautious approach initially, with the scooters’ use limited to five ‘quarantined’ areas, but with a view to steady expansion in vehicle numbers…
Minister Awarded for Advances in Micromobility
Sydney, NSW NSW’s first Minister for Active Transport and the linchpin behind the soon-to-be-launched Northern Rivers Rail Trails have shared the Leadership prize at this year’s We Ride Australia Cycling Luminaries Awards. In a first for the annual awards, the quality of nominees prompted the judges and organisers to split the prize into separate categories…
Tiller Sows Seeds for Greater E-Bike Integration and Innovation
Fremantle, WA A WA e-bike manufacturer with ambitions to be Australia’s micromobility answer to Tesla has released its first batch of bikes on the eastern seaboard. The Fremantle start-up, Tiller Rides, has started delivering approximately 50 of its pre-ordered Roadster e-bike up and down the east coast, after previously supplying initial buyers in its home…
Merida and Orbea Confirmed for Micromobility Expo
Sydney, NSW Exhibitor confirmations for the 2022 Micromobility Conference & Expo have reached a crescendo, with Australia’s largest bicycle company, Advance Traders Australia, Melbourne distributor BikeBox and surf and lifestyle brand Ben Buckler Boards signing up to be part of the expo. Brisbane-based wholesaler Advance Traders Australia will have a selection of its e-bike brands…
Flock Light Using Rider Motion to Save Lives
Melbourne, Victoria A Melbourne start-up developing a revolutionary new bike taillight will be looking to make valuable industry connections when it participates in the 2022 Micromobility Conference & Expo. Project Flock recently officially launched the world’s first ‘bio-motion’ rear bike light, which directs light onto the rider’s legs to make them easier to see and…