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Bookmark or Share- France has a plan to triple the share of journeys made by bikeFrance plans to more than triple the share of cycling in transport with a multi-year plan to build better bike lanes, financial incentives for bicycle commuters and measures against bike theft, the government said. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in a speech in Nantes, western France, that although France is host to the world-famous Tour ...
- Electric bike sales grew by 145% in the US last year - here’s why that ...Mobility. Bicycle sales in the US were up 65% between 2019 and 2020, with pandemic lockdowns a key driver of that surge. Electric bike sales grew by 145% in the same period. In Europe, it’s predicted that twice as many bikes as cars will be bought each year by 2030. Bike infrastructure now needs to catch up, say industry experts.
- Here are 4 major bike-sharing trends from China after lockdownPandemic-related lifestyle changes have brought that trend to major cities - and sharing platforms have taken note. Meituan, a Chinese conglomerate that owns bike-sharing company Mobike, announced in May 2020 that it was putting several hundreds of thousands of e-bikes on the streets in the second quarter.
- What makes Copenhagen the world's most bike-friendly city?Figures from the finance minister suggests that every time someone rides 1 km on their bike in Copenhagen, the city experiences an economic gain of 4.80 krone, or about 75 US cents. If that ride replaces an equivalent car journey, the gain rises to 10.09 krone per km, or around $1.55. And with 1.4 million km cycled every day, that’s a ...
- What is shared micromobility and what is its future? | World Economic Forum"Micromobility has the greatest potential to build a carbon-free service the fastest because of the relative efficiency of moving a person on an e-scooter or e-bike versus a car, which often weighs 2 to 4 tons to move the same person." However, Savage did not share any timeline regarding when we can expect a net-zero Lime scooter on the streets.
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