Absolutely Populus! San Francisco-based startup Populus raises $3.1 million to expand platform to help cities manage shared scooters, bikes, and cars.

Social credit silver lining? Chinese bike sharing firm Hello Chuxing attributes significant year-over-year drops in bicycle damage to its social credit system, which evaluates user behavior and doles out rewards or punishments.

The gig is up? Scooter companies Bird and Spin begin hiring employees for fleet maintenance in several markets, potentially moving away from a gig economy model.

Mutually inclusive: Dockless bicycles seem be helping docked bikes, boosting ridership and suggesting a “raising of all boats” ecosystem for urban micromobility.

How can cities boost transit ridership? Add more bike share: Ridership is down on most U.S. transit systems. More bike share might help reverse those losses

JUMP bikes > Uber cars? JUMP bikes beat Uber car trips just 5 months after introduction in Sacramento – a first in a city with both services.

A Lime-y week: Lime hires its first CFO, drops “bike” from its name replacing bicycles with more popular scooters, and deals with wheel-lockups in New Zealand.

The wheels of Portlandia: This two-seater electric half-car is what Portland based Arcimoto believes will push the needle on climate change and better serve single occupancy driving. We’re big fans.