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Tier partners with Big Issue to recruit people with barriers to employment in new West of England scheme
Shared micromobility operator Tier has announced its partnership with Big Issue Recruit (BIR), the specialist recruitment service from the Big Issue Group (BIG) to employ people facing barriers to work in the operations division of its new shared micromobility scheme, launching across Bath and Bristol. Earlier this year Tier won …
Read More »Forest utilises AI to incentivise responsible parking of its e-bikes
Forest has partnered with Captur AI to design and implement an industry-first parking technology which will improve Forest users’ adherence to parking regulations across London. When a user completes a Forest ride and takes a photograph of the parked bike, the AI will review the photograph and score the bike …
Read More »The big obstacles: Fleet decarbonisation and its impact on the bike industry
Fleet decarbonisation is seeing more businesses switch from vans to e-cargo bikes. Rebecca Bland explores how this is impacting the bike industry. This piece first appeared in the September edition of BikeBiz magazine – get your free subscription here Particularly since the pandemic, the uptake in the use of cargo …
Read More »Beryl celebrates third anniversary of e-scooters in Norwich, scheme approaches 600,000 journeys
Shared sustainable transport provider, Beryl and scheme partners Norfolk County Council and National Grid are celebrating the third anniversary of their e-scooter scheme, which has now replaced more than 184,000 private road transport journeys. Since being introduced alongside the region’s shared bikes and e-bikes in September 2020, the e-scooters have …
Read More »An industry dilemma: The environmental impact of lithium-ion batteries and how to sustainably dispose them
As e-bikes and e-scooters grow in popularity, Rebecca Morley looks at the environmental impact of lithium-ion batteries and how they can be disposed of sustainably. This piece first appeared in the September edition of BikeBiz magazine – get your free subscription here Whether it’s cars, bikes or scooters, the future …
Read More »Forest to continue operating in Kingston and Sutton following contract extension
Forest will continue operating in the London boroughs of Kingston and Sutton following the decision from the boroughs to extend the contract for one year. The contract extension follows the initial 12 month trial period which began in September 2022. The renewed contract launched in early September 2023 and will …
Read More »Beryl-backed Leeds City Bikes scheme sees 1,600 trips in first week
More than 1,600 trips have been made on the new e-bikes for hire in Leeds since they arrived in the city centre just over a week ago. Initial uptake of the scheme has been positive, with more than 1,200 users covering 375 km in the first week. The figures have …
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