Micromobility
Basics
Utah Is Building a ’15-Minute City’ From Scratch
A new planned community in Utah may serve as a model for other U.S. developers who want to build basic mobility into the foundations of their designs.
January 13, 2022
Survey Says: E-Scooters Are Great for Riders’ Mental Health
E-scooters users say they feel an increased sense of emotional well-being after a ride, adding to a mountain of evidence that sustainable transportation may be an overlooked tool in fighting America's mental health crisis.
December 15, 2021
Can E-Mopedsharing Help Wean Americans Off Car Ownership?
Electric moped sharing became one of the most rapidly growing alternatives to driving in cities around the world during 2021 — but America lags behind, mostly because our roads are too dangerous.
November 30, 2021
How D.C. Might Kneecap Its Micromobility Revolution
A plan to limit shared scooters and bike operators in the nation's capital has some advocates wondering why micromobility providers are again being held to higher standards than drivers and automakers.
September 9, 2021
What If Drivers Had to Follow Scooter Laws?
It seems like there's a story every other day about an exciting new traffic law aimed at curbing the most dangerous behaviors on U.S. roads. The only problem? They're almost exclusively aimed at the riders of electric push scooters — not automobile drivers, who are responsible for almost all deaths on our roadways.
August 31, 2021
Who Should Keep the Scooter Revolution Running?
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.
July 7, 2021
STUDY: City Visitors Who Use E-scooters More Spend More
While e-scooters may offer a low-carbon option for post-COVID tourism, do these schemes benefit tourist cities? One Australian study explores.
June 29, 2021
SET YOUR CALENDARS: How to Radically Shift the Way the U.S. Does Infrastructure
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.
June 8, 2021
Lime Makes Big Bet on Electric Bikeshare
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?
March 1, 2021
Why the New Mobility Revolution Leaves Seniors Behind
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.
March 1, 2021
