Posts Tagged ‘Neuron’
Share Scooter News: Australian-First Surface Detection Trial, New Neuron GM, Trials in Armidale and Wollongong
Melbourne, Victoria Australia’s first full-fleet trial of footpath detection and speed limiting technology in rental e-scooters has been launched in Victoria’s City of Melton. Beam has rolled out 150 e-scooters fitted with its Pedestrian Shield technology, which can detect and correct illegal footpath riding by slowing the vehicle down and delivering verbal warnings. Pedestrian Shield…
Tasmanian Cities to Keep E-Scooter Share Services
Hobart & Launceston, Tasmania E-Scooter share services are set to become permanent fixtures in Hobart and Launceston, with the local councils of both Tasmanian cities last week endorsing recommendations for ongoing services. City of Hobart council voted to offer licences for ongoing hire and ride services in the city, with conditions for the licence to…
Sydney Bike Clean-up Bringing Greater Legacy for Share Sector
Sydney, NSW Micromobility share service providers in Sydney have joined a recycling company’s campaign to remove abandoned Onyahbike share bikes from the city’s streets, with potential the collaboration could lead to more formal commitments by operators. Service providers Beam, HelloRide, Lime, Neuron, Airbike and Bird have all begun collecting the Onyahbike bikes as part of…
Mass Ride to Promote Better Streets
Sydney, NSW A mass ride, walk and roll in the heart of Sydney will be held on Saturday 4th March as part of the Better Streets coalition to boost active transport in NSW. Organisers of the Better Streets Weekend Walk and Ride are anticipating hundreds of participants will join the walk and ride along cycleways…
Scooter Companies Welcome Government Strategy to Declutter Paths
Brisbane, Queensland An e-Mobility Parking Plan has been launched by the Queensland Government to address the ‘clutter’ of e-scooters and other e-mobility devices on the State’s paths. The plan aims to improve the parking of e-scooters, e-bikes and other e-mobility devices “to ensure they are not left in a way which blocks paths and creates…
Brisbane Trial Further Integrates Scooters With Public Transport
Brisbane, Queensland Scooter share companies Beam Mobility and Neuron Mobility are part of a new Brisbane trail to further integrate e-scooters and public transport. The trial, starting this month, allows Beam and Neuron scooters to start and end trips at designated parking hubs around Buranda, Greenslopes and Holland Park West busway stations. To support the…
Neuron Launches e-Bike Service in Sydney
Sydney, NSW Neuron Mobility now has share schemes in each Australian major city, after the Singapore-based company introduced 250 of its safety-first e-bikes to Sydney last week. It already has e-scooter operations in Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin and Perth, as well as five other Australian cities. Townsville City Council last month approved an…
Unley Launches Latest Scooter Trial in Inner Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia Inner-city council area Unley is the latest Adelaide municipality to launch an e-scooter trial, signing up with Beam and Neuron Mobility for a service that began on Monday. The trial, launched on the eve of Adelaide’s festival season, will run for six months, with a review planned for July to determine if…
Google Integration Helps Plan Neuron Trips
Singapore Neuron Mobility has integrated its e-bikes and e-scooters with Google Maps, to help users easily locate the nearest e-scooter or e-bike. Neuron says the integration – launched in 16 cities last week including nine in Australia – gives users better access to convenient first and last-mile transport options. “This latest integration will help riders…
Scooter Trials Underway in Victoria
Melbourne, Victoria e-Scooter hire trials were launched in Victoria on February 1st, as a State Government initiative to assess the suitability of scooters as a transport option in the long-term. Lime and Neuron Mobility were selected to operate the 12-month trial in the inner-city council areas of Melbourne, Yarra and Port Phillip, and are rolling…