Five Promises of Micromobility
Posted by florentcrivello
Disclaimer: I’m a product manager at Uber. This piece represents my views only, and not those of people working on behalf of Uber.
A wave of electric scooters and bikes has been taking...
Will electric skates solve the last-mile problem?
By Lloyd Alter
The "last mile problem" was first described in terms of telephone wires – the most costly lines were the ones that served the individual homes. According to Stigo of the Urban Travel Blog,...
Micro-Mobility Is Here to Stay — Cities Should Act Accordingly
BY SKIP DESCANT
Seemingly overnight, rent-to-ride electric scooters landed on city streets all across the country. In no time, the tiny two-wheelers jettisoned local governments to iron out legislation that would both allow the new forms...
A new geography of sustainable transit
By Mira Klein
Alongside “smart cities” and “transit-oriented development,” the term “mobility hubs” is joining the buzzy phrases making their mark on sustainable urban planning.
Mobility hubs are a cornerstone concept for shared mobility transit, which...
Bike-share system coming to SMART stations by next spring
By KEVIN FIXLER
A bike-sharing system built around the North Bay’s commuter rail line could debut this fall, adding new options for people to get around town while reducing local reliance on cars.
The plan envisions...
With new mobility options, Detroit goes multimodal
By David Sands
It's a chilly Thursday night in late January, and Detroiter Tamara Ballinger is waiting for a bus at DDOT's Rosa Parks Transit Center. The 21-year-old college student and fast food worker is...
E-scooters and E-bikes are redefining urban transportation
By guest author Anil Niraula.
You might have already seen people whooshing by on e-scooters and e-bikes on the sidewalks of your city. The flood of dockless transport has caught many, including policymakers, off guard....
E-scooter legislation worries bike advocates
By Doug McClellan
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Cycling advocates are casting a wary eye on bills pending in several statehouses that seek to legalize electric scooters. Their concerns aren't with e-scooters as such, but with the scooter...
Unlike Bike Shares, Scooters Are Here to Stay
By Peter Simek
It’s been less than a year since city leaders were freaking out about the proliferation of dock-less bike shares, which were clogging sidewalks and ending up in trees and vacant lots. Despite some...
Why are bike share companies pivoting to e-scooters?
BY ALEX VUOCOLO
Lime and other dockless bike share companies are pivoting from bicycles to electric scooters.
Scooter services have outpaced bike share in demand.
Lime will quietly remove bikes from several cities this month.
In Mountain...
