We review the new semi-dockless Metro Smart Bikes with CoMotion, available now in Los Angeles.
Pick up these bikes from a dock but ride anywhere without worrying about finding a designated docking station!
It may seem like a lifetime ago, but Bird made its debut only a year ago on the streets of Santa Monica.
By the summer of 2018 scooters were already the year’s, if not the decade’s, biggest blockbuster. Scooter adoption levels rivaled potentially any other technology in human history and resulting in much analysis in the disruptive potential of these vehicles.
But Bird didn’t manage this alone. Disruption usually doesn’t just happened by just one company.
Scooter manufacturers don’t usually adorn their rides with intricately hand-crafted animal shapes or unique patterned handlebars.
But this town, scooter carving born from the necessities of agricultural transport has spawned the art of beautiful, one-of-a-kind scooter creation as well as an annual scooter race!
Licence to E-bike: Japanese auto-part supplier giant DENSO is leading a $20 million investment in Californian and Swiss-based Bond Mobility (previously Smide), which operates super-fast dockless electric bikes in Switzerland.
Invasion of the cycle-lane snatchers: A nationwide grassroots effort to highlight the need for protected bike lanes is using red Solo cups along bike routes to show just how frequently cars invade bike lanes.
Licence to E-bike: Japanese auto-part supplier giant DENSO is leading a $20 million investment in Californian and Swiss-based Bond Mobility (previously Smide), which operates super-fast dockless electric bikes in Switzerland.
Invasion of the cycle-lane snatchers: A nationwide grassroots effort to highlight the need for protected bike lanes is using red Solo cups along bike routes to show just how frequently cars invade bike lanes.
Tesla’s are notoriously fast off the line.
A Model S P100D can do 0-60 in under 2.5 seconds.
But what about speed that actually matters: urban travel times?
The first three minutes in a medical 911 car are often the most critical.
Yet in so many urban environments, cars clog the streets. This means large ambulances are frequently stuck in traffic wasting precious time and often arriving too late.
This wonderful human being created a new service that’s miraculous on multiple levels:
Rumors of scooters’ demise greatly exaggerated: Lime reaches 50 million rides in just 18 months and the number of scooters around the world keeps on growing, showing remarkable demand for affordable and fun first/last mile options.
Striving for scooter sustainability: Bird wants to achieve true scooter sustainability, by offering renewable credits and carbon offsets to mitigate delivery and charging, redesigning scooters for longevity, and working on a full life-cycle analysis to better understand its carbon footprint.
The video is French, the subtitles are French, but you don’t really need language to see the smile on the kids faces and realize the amazing potential of such an awesome vehicle!
Kids can’t ride to school in most cities due to safety concerns. Buses are big, expensive, and often pollute. Enter the De Cafe Racer bicycle bus!!
Double the fun: NACTO report finds US shared micromobility use more than doubled in 2018, largely driven by electric scooters. Not a huge surprise, considering they seem to be just about everywhere.
Turning bikelash into bikelove: Getting communities involved via crowdfunding and public engagement appears to help them embrace new biking infrastructure, instead of lashing out.
