Posts Tagged ‘USA’
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…
USA Public Volunteers US$1 Billion for Cycling
In the USA, just like Australia, motor vehicle transportation receives the lion’s share of government transportation funding each year, with public and active transportation left to share the crumbs. However, unlike Australia, in the USA they have systems within their lower levels of government (state, city and county) in which propositions which exceed certain support…
New Report Details Bike and Scooter Share’s Rapid Growth
Most people with an interest in the topic would instinctively know that bike share and scooter share are growing. But a new report gives us some more concrete evidence. The North American Bike Share Association (NABSA) recently released their first annual Shared Micromobility State of the Industry Report. NABSA is uniquely placed to gather and…
What Will a Biden Presidency Mean for Micromobility?
I write these words on Sunday 8th November, (Australian time) moments after Joe Biden claimed victory in the 2020 USA presidential election. Once the initial euphoria of his supporters dies down and the real world landscape comes back into view, what effect will this new presidency have upon cycling and micromobility, not just in the…