Bolt Bikes, the mobility startup, today announced it has completed a combined equity and debt capital raise of AU$16 million to accelerate its global growth and expansion into new categories. The Australian based startup is also announcing a rebrand with a new name, Zoomo, and a new logo. The rebranding […]
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Mandating people to behave responsibly isn’t the ideal way to make them safer. What a wonderful world this would be if all adults protected themselves and their families based purely on free will, compassion and common sense — not fear of breaking the law. Alas, such a world is fantasy, […]
I love riding my e-bike so much that I rarely take my car out of the garage, even when temps are in the 100s or below freezing. I’ve ridden in rain, snow, and, occasionally, off-road. Sedona, Arizona isn’t very bike-friendly, although mountain biking (search “white line trail”) is popular. When […]
Shared bike and scooter companies in California are urging state legislators to oppose a bill that would “threaten the very existence of micromobility” in the state. The bill, AB 1286, would prohibit companies from including language in their terms of service asking riders to waive liability for injuries — a […]
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. France is setting aside more than $21 million to support cyclists and to keep pollution levels and public transportation crowds low once coronavirus restrictions are lifted. The government plan allocates up to $54 (50 euro) to everyone in the country […]
A colleague who stays a few kilometres away from office has bought a bicycle, and is now cycling tens of kilometres within and without Calcutta regularly for all sorts of activities. Many people are now discovering freedom on two wheels. In his book, Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India’s […]
The American Summer was just barely kicking off. My boyfriend was skating ahead of me on his longboard as I trudged behind — slowly — on my bicycle up a hill. No matter how hard I tried, I could not keep up. I was covered in sweat, annoyed, and over […]
By his junior year, he’d founded Rad Power Bikes. Now based in Seattle, his company approached $100 million in sales in 2019. It has sold over 100,000 electric bikes. Numbers aren’t well reported for this young industry, but Rad Power Bikes is widely considered the largest e-bike seller in the […]
TORONTO — When a Toronto woman decided to buy a new bicycle in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic she had no idea how hard it would be to find one. “I haven’t had a bike in a long time and I decided around a month ago to start looking […]
Electric scooters could finally hit Seattle streets, more than a year after Mayor Jenny Durkan said she was open to allowing the devices that became commonplace in cities like Portland and Austin. The Seattle City Council’s transportation committee voted Wednesday to approve legislation allowing free-floating rentable scooters. The full council […]
(TNS) — Electric scooters could finally hit Seattle streets, more than a year after Mayor Jenny Durkan said she was open to allowing the devices that became commonplace in cities like Portland and Austin. The Seattle City Council’s transportation committee voted Wednesday to approve legislation allowing free-floating rentable scooters. The full council will vote on […]
Go By Bike now offers e-bike test rides at their showroom in South Waterfront under the tram.(Photo: Go By Bike) Electric bike sales are skyrocketing nationwide and Portland is doing its part to stoke the boom. Now a new partnership between local bike shops, Oregon’s electric vehicle advocacy group, and […]
Article content continued So I decided to stifle my concerns and give it a go. That fear of the vehicles around you, that awareness of their power and of your own vulnerability, sharpens your senses and makes you a better cyclist As many cyclists have pointed out, it has become […]
It’s amazing how much Israel has changed in the 40 years that I’ve been living here. When I first moved here (“made aliyah”) in 1980, the wait for a telephone line was six months, minimum. Now Israel is a world leader in communications technologies, working at the speed of light. […]
Abra McNair (L) and Sue Grandjean are ready to take on the world.(Photo courtesy Abra McNair) The story below was submitted by northeast Portland resident Abra McNair. This August, two Portlanders will head across the globe to Veszprem, Hungary to represent the USA in the World Championships of Mountain Bike […]
Healthy, carbon-free, easy to park, the humble bicycle has become one of the few winners in the COVID-19 lockdown. With businesses shut and people staying home, fearful of infecting or being infected, cycling emerged as the safest mode of transportation – not to mention the most popular vehicle for food […]
At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, consumers were grabbing up items, such as toilet paper, hand sanitizer and cleaning wipes to the point shelves were left empty and supply was unable to keep up with demand. The pandemic and quarantines led to closed schools, gyms, and parks, while also […]
TOKYO, JAPAN / ACCESSWIRE / July 25, 2020 / Frackers, the all-purpose e-bike that charges in just 20 minutes, the fastest in the world, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund its commercialization. Produced through a collaboration between Laboratory 6 and Maruishi, Japan’s oldest and most trusted bike manufacturer, Frackers […]
The residents of Garberville, California, didn’t know what to make of 15-year-old Michael Radenbaugh and the odd motorized bikes he was concocting in his family’s garage. It was 2005, the home-brew era for electric vehicles, and there he was, a high school freshman zooming by at up to 35 mph, […]
On the left, a bike signal in Amsterdam. On the right, a bike signal in Portland. (Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) The infamous Broadway and Williams intersection has a new signal. I say infamous because this location has a long and sordid history of right-hooks and interventions by the City of Portland […]
One way U.S. residents have chosen to beat the pandemic blues is pedal power. Bike sales have skyrocketed in the past few months, as people are reconnecting with two-wheeled transportation in search of outdoor, social-distancing-friendly alternatives to pre-Covid-19 travel plans. In March, as stay-at-home orders spread across the United States, […]
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My family has just reached a milestone. The youngest child is now strong and confident enough to ride his own bicycle (no training wheels!) whenever we go out for rides around town or on nearby trails. That means I can return the “tag along” I borrowed from a friend last […]
Sheikh Hamdan takes part in a road bike event. File Gulf Today, Staff Reporter Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, directed to transform Dubai into a bike-friendly city, by working to develop laws and the legislative system, and […]
PRU Life UK invites everyone to take part in the inaugural virtual version of Prudential RideLondon this weekend to help them keep fit and healthy. The event will take place on August 15 to 23, Saturday to next Sunday, London time (Manila is seven hours ahead) when the annual cycling […]
Opinion An electric vehicle takes in juice at a charging station. (Photo: Tim Siegert-batcam, via Shutterstock) by DAN JACOBSON posted 08.20.2020 As this week is proving, we are once again reeling from the impacts of climate change with a record-breaking heatwave and dozens of expensive and deadly fires exploding throughout […]