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Bamboo Bicycle Club, a sustainable innovation of bikes, has created a cargo e-bike which can be assembled at home. The club has designed a solution to difficult and expensive shipping of cargo- bikes with a bamboo model that can be flat-packed, and then built by the consumer. Designed with innovation …

Sustainable transport provider Beryl is helping to allay rider fears and keep shared transport as safe as possible to use during the colder months with its Warm Up to Winter campaign. The latest Beryl Annual Rider Report showed that more than 40% of all bike, e-bike and e-scooter riders cited …

Tier, one of Europe’s largest shared micromobility operators, is launching 200 e-scooters in Braintree, marking the latest town to adopt a shared e-scooter system in the UK. Starting this weekend, 100 e-scooters will be made available for hire, with the opportunity to add more vehicles to the fleet in the …

Lime has announced new contracts with four boroughs within the last month, in a sign that the operator and local Councils are collaborating to achieve a more standardised city-wide e-bike framework, as well as increase parking infrastructure. The latest boroughs to announce formal e-bike agreements with Lime include Lewisham, Kensington …

Beryl and Hertsmere Borough Council are celebrating a successful first year for their bike and e-bike share scheme, which has had a positive impact on sustainable travel in Borehamwood, whilst cutting carbon emissions. Launched in October 2022 with 25 bikes and 20 e-bikes, the scheme now has more than 4,200 …

An ecosystem of 19 leading innovators in the automotive, bicycle and technology sectors have joined forces to work towards advancing and deploying connected transportation solutions to help reduce the risks facing cyclists and e-bike riders on North American roads. The new Coalition for Cyclist Safety represents a commitment to develop …

Malta has announced that it will ban the use of rental e-scooters from March 2024 in what local media is calling a surprise move. The decision makes Malta the first European country to completely ban rental e-scooters. It has been taken to remove the shared mobility platforms because of the …

FreeNow, the European mobility platform, has added Voi e-scooters to its list of micromobility partners available in London. Voi started operating in London last month as part of phase two of the Transport for London (TfL) e-scooter trials. The e-scooter and e-bike company has been partnering with FreeNow for several …