An international coalition of mayors has called for the development of ’15-minute cities’ as part of a post-COVID sustainability plan. The group claims residents should be able to meet all work and recreational needs within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from home. C40 Cities is an international group of …
Read More »Electric motorcycle brand Sur-Ron to offer commuter option in all models
Sur-Ron, the electric motorcycle brand, is offering all its models in two variants, one for off-road…
Tier begins rollout of new E-bike 3 across London
Micromobility operator Tier has begun rolling out its new Tier E-bike 3 to the streets of London. Th…
See.Sense welcomes Richard Pearce as new chief operating officer
See.Sense, a provider of intelligent cycling products and data services, has announced the appointme…
Zedify secures £5 million investment to expand service to 20% of the UK
Zedify, one of the UK’s largest electric cargo bike delivery networks, has secured £5 million invest…
Leading micromobility operators issue industry recommendations to European cities
Five operators of shared e-scooters and e-bikes have published 10 recommendations for cities to bett…
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Newcastle declared ‘most e-scooter-friendly’ city amid UK trials
Newcastle is the city most prepared for an e-scooter revolution, according to Uswitch research. The E-Scootability Index, which takes into account data from Britain’s 40 most populated cities, come as initial UK trials take place in Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees. The data is based on air quality, …
Read More »HumanForest rolls out in Camden following ‘exceptional demand’
HumanForest has arrived in Camden after ‘exceptional demand’ following its launch in Islington at the end of June. The shared e-bike scheme saw 3,000 users register within two weeks of launch. In order to meet the growing demand, HumanForest is rolling out an additional 1,000 bikes in the coming months. …
Read More »E-scooters and the cycling industry: The ACT
E-scooters have evolved to become one of the key cycling industry talking points in recent years. Four industry stalwarts give their take on e-scooters’ impact on the cycling industry and the micromobility market as a whole. Today, we hear from the ACT. Despite the first e-cooter being introduced over a …
Read More »European e-bike imports drop 30%
LEVA-EU has revealed the European import and export statistics for electric bicycles in 2019, with imports from outside the EU shrinking by around 30%. In 2018, there were still more than one million electric bicycles with pedal assistance up and a power of no more than 250W imported into the …
Read More »Swiftmile raises $5 million for micromobility charging stations
Swiftmile has raised $5 million as it looks to further deployment of its charging stations for e-bikes and e-scooters throughout US and European cities. The investment round, led by Thayer Ventures with participation from Verizon Ventures, Alumni Ventures Groups and WSGR, brings total Swiftmile funding to $11 million. The startup …
Read More »E-scooter support could see car journeys fall 20%, says Voi UK GM
Voi UK general manager Richard Corbett yesterday appeared before the Transport Select Committee to answer questions about how e-scooters will be trialled on UK streets from September. Voi told MPs that one in five car journeys in the UK could be replaced by an e-scooter trip, if cities get behind …
Read More »A quarter of Europeans have already been converted to e-bikes
A new pan-European report from Shimano has revealed that almost a quarter of Europeans (24%) already own an e-bike or plan to buy or rent one this year. The Shimano Steps E-bike Index 2020 draws data from over 13,000 people in 11 countries and aims not only to compare attitudes …
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