Bike sharing
Thousands of share bikes are back in Sydney. Will they clog the streets again?
Companies behind the latest rollout say there is untapped demand for “micromobility” and that technology will make a difference this time around.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Personal e-scooters given the green light to join controversial trial
Victoria will lower the age limit for riders as a trial of thousands of hire scooters on inner-Melbourne streets is extended for at least six more months.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Start-ups
1300 share bikes abandoned in Sydney warehouses never ridden
The company went bust without ever deploying the bikes to the streets as business and councils warn the sector remains mostly unregulated by the state government.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Start-ups
More than 1600 shared bikes abandoned after company fails
The bicycles are sitting on city streets and in warehouses after Mobike, also known as Onyahbike, went under last year.
- by Nick Bonyhady
E-scooter trial rolls on despite fears from the footpath
Melbourne will need parking spots and better bike lanes for e-scooters if they are legalised, advocates for the disabled and elderly say, with the machines still being ridden along footpaths and left strewn underfoot.
- by Patrick Hatch
Walking in Melbourne, an e-scooter left Julia with serious injuries and a massive hospital bill
There was a time Julia Miller wouldn’t think twice about walking on a footpath. But she now fears stepping outside after a rented electric scooter ran her down while walking in Melbourne and left her with debilitating injuries.
- by Patrick Hatch
Man charged over e-scooter collision with motorcycle in Brisbane
Police allege the 19-year-old e-scooter rider ran a red light and collided with the motorcycle earlier this year, as two more people were injured in e-scooter crashes on Friday night.
- by Stuart Layt
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Cycling
‘Unparalleled’: Sydney’s most popular pop-up bike path overtakes city’s busiest
Sydney’s pop-up inner-city cycleways installed to help commuters return to work during the pandemic have become so popular that they occasionally overtake the city’s busiest bike paths, furthering calls to make them a permanent fixture.
- by Nigel Gladstone and Angus Thompson
Lime jumps on Uber's bike in bid to end bumpy road for bike share in Melbourne
Despite the poor track record of bike share schemes in the city, Lime has rolled out a fleet of 400 dockless share bikes in Melbourne's inner city suburbs, with another 400 expected over coming weeks.
- by Tom Cowie
'Failure to see': Calls for traffic signal changes ahead of inquest into cyclist's death
Motorists making left-hand turns kill one Victorian cyclist every two years, prompting calls for changes to traffic light sequencing and blind spot detection on trucks.
- by Erin Pearson
Sydney's eastern suburbs in a twist over return of share bikes
Share bikes are back on the streets after a hiatus induced by the coronavirus pandemic, and with them returns the debate over whether they are a civic godsend or urban nuisance.
- by Lucy Manly