Big mobility data: 15 cities along with founding members Bird and Spin announce formation of Open Mobility Foundation, a non-profit that will take on the Mobility Data Specification developed by LA’s Department of Transportation, to help cities collect, maintain, and standardize data about share vehicles from scooters to cars.
Two become one: Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-rental company, merges its electric and human powered bike-sharing businesses aiming to become more cost competitive in the country’s large yet ultra-competitive bike-sharing market.
Dump that car: As e-bikes get better and smarter, they can become car replacements for many in urban areas, with the option of keeping up with traffic with electric assist or avoiding it altogether via side streets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Boss Bird: Scooter-sharing phenomenon Bird prepares for large European expansion, and will be launching in more than 50 cities over the next few months.
City results are in! San Francisco’s successful pilot shows scooters support public transit and Portland’s promising pilot expands with 12 companies applying for permits.
A major spin-up: Ford owned electric scooter company Spin preparing a major 100 city expansion by year’s end in partnership with Zagster, a leading micromobility operations platform.
Micromobility paradise: Cities are looking to Columbia’s Ciclovía where every Sunday, over 1 million people cycle the streets of Bogotá on 75 miles of the car-free roads.
