Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Micromobility

Wayne Ting with a company ad. Photos: Lime

Is It Time for America to Break Up With the Private Car? An Interview with Lime’s Wayne Ting

By Kea Wilson | May 31, 2023 | No Comments

Between 42,000 crash deaths a year and rising tailpipe emissions that are swiftly killing the planet, America's long love affair with the privately-owned car hasn't exactly been a healthy relationship. Now, one micromobility company is sending a message to riders that it's time to break up — even if their cities aren't perfectly ridable yet.

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Advocates: City Must Make E-Mobility Safer and More Widespread — And Here’s How To Do It

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 17, 2023 | No Comments

The bike boom is now going vroom, vroom.

Opinion: Bloomington, Ind. Makes Smart Move to Mandate Seated Vehicles in its Micromobility Program

By Alex Keating | Apr 28, 2023 | No Comments

Bloomington, Indiana is pioneering a new approach to micromobility: by this summer, 25 percent of each operator’s micromobility fleet must consist of sit-down scooters or e-bikes.

Op-Ed: Paris Scooter Ban Is a Step Backward For Sustainable Transport

By Marcel E. Moran | Apr 3, 2023 | No Comments

For the global city that has put the world on notice over the past decade for embracing sustainable transport, Paris recently took a disappointing step backward by enacting a ban on shared scooters, known locally as trottinettes.

Interview: What Does It Take To Start Your Own Bikeshare?

By Streetsblog | Mar 14, 2023 | No Comments

Most bikeshare rides taken on U.S. soil happen in a handful of gigantic cities, on systems maintained by big corporations. But at YoGo Bikeshare in Youngstown, Ohio, Ronnell Elkins and his team are building a bespoke micromobility option specifically for his neighbors — and hoping to create a model for other small cities to combat car dependency.

Podcast: Who Gets Hurt When Cities Ban E-Scooters?

By Streetsblog | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments

On today's special edition of The Brake, we're re-broadcasting an episode of Charles T. Brown's "Arrested Mobility" podcast that centered around what happened when St. Louis forced e-scooters out of its downtown — featuring our own Kea Wilson!

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