Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Micromobility

Who Should Keep the Scooter Revolution Running?

By Kea Wilson | Jul 7, 2021 | No Comments

One of the nation's largest e-scooter operators is in hot water for violating labor regulations in San Francisco — and it's sparking a dialogue about what the micromobility gig economy means for the mobility futures of cities far beyond the Bay.

STUDY: City Visitors Who Use E-scooters More Spend More

By Matthew Burke, Elaine Chiao Ling Yang, Benjamin Kaufman and Abraham Leung | Jun 29, 2021 | No Comments

While e-scooters may offer a low-carbon option for post-COVID tourism, do these schemes benefit tourist cities? One Australian study explores.

We Need the 'Big Shift' in How U.S. Does Infrastructure

By Streetsblog | Jun 8, 2021 | No Comments

America is on the brink of making one of the biggest investments in transportation infrastructure in a generation — and a new event will explore why we need an even bigger cultural shift towards mobility justice if we want to do it right.

Lime Makes Big Bet on Electric Bikeshare

By Kea Wilson | Mar 1, 2021 | No Comments

One of America's largest scooter-share companies is going back to its roots as a bike company — and taking a step into the future by going electric. Could 2021 be the year of the e-bike?

Bikeshare isn't always planned with seniors in front of mind — and if we're not careful, the next wave of the mobility revolution won't be, either. Image: Pixabay via Creative Commons

The New Mobility Revolution Leaves Seniors Behind

By Kea Wilson | Mar 1, 2021 | No Comments

Elders are being left out of the new mobility revolution — and will be more so by the time autonomous vehicles come around, a new study argues.

Bill Would Finally Give Bikeshare Transit Dollars

By Kea Wilson | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

Bike- and scooter-share systems across the country may soon be eligible for the federal transit dollars they need to remain a stable and thriving element of our transportation landscape, if advocates can finally succeed in getting a hard-fought bill through Congress.

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