• Could pantographs make a return to London’s buses? (IanVisits) • Get on your e-bike: ‘have a go’ scheme proposed for England (Guardian) • Sweden converting street parking to community space (WorldEconForum) • Can Lebanon’s …
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Why Mobility as a Service Needs a Proper Platform (Streetsblog)
Uber, Ola, Car Next Door, GoGet, Urbi and Shareabike have transformed the mobility experience for millions of people, but are just the tip of the looming iceberg of changes in transport. Globally, 93 million travellers use …
Continue readingEarth needs light electric vehicles, not electric cars (SmartCitiesDive)
Recent months have seen many splashy electric vehicle (EV) headlines: Tesla continues to rise the ranks of the world’s highest-valued companies, General Motors announced its fleet will be fully electric by 2035, and President Biden committed to converting the federal government’s …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 April 2021
• Eurostar reaches refinancing deal with lenders (YahooFinance) • Traffic calming & LTNs do not delay emergency vehicles (PriceTags) • France moves to offer €2 500 e-bike credit for old gas cars (Electrek) • Tube …
Continue readingMaking e-scooters work with transit not against it (StreetsBlog)
When shared e-scooters first showed up in US cities several years ago, many cities considered them “toy vehicles.” After running small pilots, cities such as San Francisco and Miami quickly banned e-scooters from their streets …
Continue readingTransit agencies must lead MaaS growth: report (SmartCitiesDive)
For transit agencies to integrate mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), they must play a leading role in decision-making and not leave it all to the private sector, according to a report published last week by transportation management platform Populus. The …
Continue readingCar, motorcycle Cos now making e-bikes (NYTimes)
Tesla revolutionizing e-scooter batteries (BirdCities)
For a man who prefers rockets and roadsters to micromobility, Elon Musk is—perhaps inadvertently—playing a key role in revolutionizing a core component of e-scooter technology: the battery. Onstage at Tesla’s most recent Battery Day event, the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 March 2021
• The man who sacked Harry Beck: Rethinking Harold Hutchison (Bryars&Bryars) • Scotland’s railways to be nationalised next year (Guardian) • What’s next for NYC Penn Station? Penn South (RegionalPlanAssoc) • How car-centric street networks …
Continue readingUK shared e-scooters double to nearly 6000 (MindTheZag)
The UK’s shared e-scooter market has nearly doubled in size since December with 5,700 units now available across 36 towns and cities in the UK. The Department for Transport (DfT) launched the first e-scooter rental …
Continue readingElectric cars are not enough: invest in LEVs (SmartCitiesDive)
The increased attention placed on electric vehicles must not leave behind two- and three-wheeled light electric vehicles (LEVs). Recent months have seen many splashy electric vehicle (EV) headlines: Tesla continues to rise the ranks of …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 March 2021
• Top court confirms UK has broken air pollution law (AirQualityNews) • London Cycle Routes YouTube channel shows safe routes (Road.CC) • Strap hanger advertising, & some unused concepts (LTMuseum) • Berlin gets Germany’s first …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 March 2021
• History of British railway freight control from telegraphs to TOPS (NewcomenSoc) • Why some bike shares work & others don’t (BBC) • Graham F’s video pick: Zürich snowplow tram cab ride (ZürichTramVideos) • Locomotive …
Continue readingScooter hailing is on the horizon (SmartCitiesDive)
Ford-owned micromobility firm Spin announced on Wednesday an exclusive partnership with software company Tortoise to bring teleoperated three-wheeled e-scooters to cities across North America and Europe in 2021. The Spin S-200 scooters, co-developed with Segway-Ninebot, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 February 2021
• Underground platforms showing door positions reduce delays 6.6% (ScienceDirect) • Germany plans integrated rail 2030s timetable to optimise high speed lines (Trains) • Amongst the creatures of the night: Halle Central Bus Station (BeautyOfTransport) …
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