• TfL closes 40 Tube stations & Night Tube, fewer buses next-week/ (IanVisits) • UK could nationalise transport during COVID crisis (Independent) • Why Britain should legalise e-scooters (CityMetric) • The French S-K people mover …
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Sick of tech disrupters, LA becomes one (CityLab)
In spring 2018, Seleta Reynolds, the general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, issued a grave warning about the new generation of urban transportation companies such as Uber. “A lot of these private …
Continue readingCities are figuring out e-Scooter regulation (Slate)
The frenzied era of e-scooters is over – The devices became a surprise hit before cities knew how to handle them. They’re finally figuring it out. When they first appeared on the sidewalks of American …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 March 2020
• The telphers of Manchester Victoria (RogerFarnworth) • Plan to reopen Maid Marian passenger line (NottinghamPost) • Car culture has a toxic masculinity problem (Streetsblog) • NYC using its fleets to fight air pollution (GreenBiz) …
Continue readingUK Shared Micromobility Dashboard (BikeSharp)
Live data on all UK Bikeshare & Escooter-share fleets Data updates every 120 seconds – refresh for the latest numbers. All current usage numbers are estimates – no fleet* provides live journey numbers. Aggressive intra-day …
Continue readingMovin’On 2019: How sustainable is your city’s mobility?
In May 2019, Britain reached a major climate combating milestone when it was coal plant power generation free for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Nonetheless, there is still much work to be done, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 January 2020
• End of Euston station’s underground taxi rank (HydeParkNow) • How railways can better deal with heatwaves (BBC) • MaaS consolidation on the horizon? (SupraGeography) • Why don’t all cities use Leading Pedestrian Intervals? (PriceTags) …
Continue readingCar2Gone: Car share companies are folding (Wired)
The US is about to lose another car-share service. On Wednesday, the Daimler- and BMW-owned entity that operates the service Share Now said the company’s cars would disappear from North American streets by the end of February …
Continue readingFlat-rate mobility pilot starts in Augsburg (IntelTransport)
For a fixed monthly fee, residents of Augsburg will have access to buses, trains, rental bikes and car sharing within the city. Augsburg has the first German city to introduce a mobility flat rate. For a …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 October 2019
• The A to Z history of London (MappingLondon) • Virtual transit of the Thames under water (BBC) • When is efficient too efficient? Tech lessons from Hamburg (Spacing) • Gothenburg electrical circuit tram map …
Continue readingLondon’s first ultra fast EV charging hub (IntelTransport)
BP Chargemaster is rolling out 150kW ultra-fast rapid charging units with new units installed at a BP retail site in Hammersmith, London. As the number of electric vehicles continues to grow in the UK and …
Continue readingNew EVs mean more dirty mines (RadicalUrbanist)
Politicians love to tout incentives for electric vehicles as a great climate initiative. Replacing gas- and diesel-powered vehicles, they say, will reduce emissions and help us meet our climate targets. It’s a very simple vision …
Continue readingThe automobility / micromobility clash (Micromobility)
There is a European Union vehicle category for four-wheeled vehicles which are not technically cars. These are called “quadricycles”. The framework was developed in 2002 and further stipulates Light (L6e) or Heavy (L7e) categories. Curiously, …
Continue readingAll new EU EVs to emit low speed noise (SmartCitiesDive)
Under a new European Union requirement that took effect on July 1, all new four-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs) must be outfitted with a device that mimics the sound of an engine, reports the BBC. The …
Continue readingVW predicts traffic collapse in cities (Forbes)
The car brands in the Volkswagen Group–VW, Škoda, SEAT and Audi–are promoting last-mile ‘micromobility’ solutions including e-scooters. Why? Because the car era is coming to an end, at least for cities. That is the obvious conclusion from a July 3 posting from the group which states: “Answers …
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