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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Despite their increasingly covert batteries,e-bikes have all the key advantages of a regular treadly when it comes to ease of parking,lowered emissions,reducing congestion and improving health.
Melbourne City Council will embark on a plan to get share bikes back on the streets of Melbourne,this time electronic versions.
Sydney's love affair with the car needs to be re-assessed if we're to reduce urban congestion rates,planning experts say.
Like many other cities,Melbourne thoroughly rejected oBike,but one entrepeneur is hoping to use that as a rare chance to provide free transport for poor children in Myanmar.
Expect a few bumps in the road on some of Sydney's bike paths.