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The City of London Corporation has welcomed the biggest increase in cycling in the Square Mile since records began. Official counts in October 2024 saw a record 139,000 people cycling a day across 30 locations – up 50,000 from 89,000 in 2022. The increase of over 50% marks the largest jump since recording started in 1999. New …

Solent Transport and Vianova, a leading provider of smart mobility data solutions, have announced their partnership to enhance the management and oversight of the region’s shared e-scooter and e-bike programmes.  The collaboration is part of the Solent Future Transport Zone (FTZ) programme, aimed at accelerating mobility innovation by deploying new …

Friday, March 11 saw over 300 children, parents, and teachers take to the streets for a school run with a difference. Organised by Sustrans, the UK’s largest walking, wheeling and cycling charity, children from Cardiff’s Radnor Primary School, Ysgol Treganna and Ysgol Pwll Coch on the biggest ever FRideDays Bike …

Seville and Hannover have today joined a pioneering research project designed to accelerate sustainable urban transport planning across Europe. Both cities will work with the Sustainable Urban Transitions Lab, an initiative set up by leading academics at ETH Zurich and supported by shared mobility operator Bolt, to conduct comprehensive studies …

Following a successful tender, nextbike GmbH is taking over the existing VéloCité bike rental system in the French city of Mulhouse. The Leipzig-based company is now “providing a new, modern fleet of 300 e-bikes and continues to offer people in the region a flexible and sustainable mobility solution”. At the …

Organisations from across the country were recognised at the Modeshift National STARS Summit on Thursday, March 27, which took place at the Royal Society in London. Modeshift supports, inspires, and champions individuals and organisations that are working to deliver interventions and strategies to improve everyday journeys, with the aim to …

On Friday, May 16, 2025, Vienna becomes the epicentre of e-bike and micromobility innovation as Ebike Future X returns with a combination of conference, networking, and global start-up competition — all as part of the  ViennaUP start-up festival, with more than 10,000 in-person attendees. Ebike Future X, now in its …

EV manufacturer Rivian has spun off a micromobility business, launched under the name of Also. with a headline grabbing “$105 million in funding from Eclipse Ventures.” The new business, headed up by Chris Yu, has reportedly been working behind the scenes for three years, prior to the announcement which officially launched …