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An insight into the UK shared e-scooter trials
Intelligent Transport’s Sam Mehmet gives an overview of some of the confirmed participants in the UK’s shared e-scooter trials, and hears from those with plans to take part in the near future.
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Bird to launch New York’s first e-scooter pilot
The pilot will launch in August in the city of Yonkers, 10 miles northeast of Manhattan.
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How the UK can become an e-scooter global leader
Rebecca Hahn, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer at Bird, reflects on lessons learnt and suggests how operators and cities can optimise the UK e-scooter trials for both their riders and the communities they aim to serve.
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City of Minneapolis approves launch of 2020 equitable scooter programme
Lyft and Bird are to operate e-scooters in the City, with new regulations requiring them to implement additional equitable pricing and access initiatives.
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How micromobility can support a green economic recovery post-COVID-19
Maurice Henderson, Director of Government Partnerships at micromobility firm Bird, explains how micromobility operators can help cities keep moving during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and why these services are key to the coming environmentally-friendly economic recovery.
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Safely influencing rider behaviour
Bird’s Director of Safety Policy & Advocacy, Paul Steely White, tells Intelligent Transport’s Sam Mehmet how the micromobility service operator is advocating to influence rider behaviour as a way to replace as many car trips as possible, as safely as possible.
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Life-cycle analysis reveals CO2 emissions gap between cars and scooters
Conducted with CEA Consulting and an independent consultant from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the life-cycle analysis tracked the total environmental impact of Bird scooters from manufacturing to end-of-life and compared them to other modes of urban transport.
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COVID-19 forces mobility firms to dramatically scale back services
In light of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and consequential drops in ridership, mobility services, such as taxis and e-bike and e-scooter schemes, have been forced to suspend operations and find ways to adapt their offerings.
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Tucson extends e-scooter pilot programme
The City has extended its six-month pilot in order to better understand user behaviour, ridership trends and resident feedback.
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Bird to offset energy consumption in Paris through green partnership
For each kWh consumed, Bird will finance select green energy producers in France through its Guarantees of Origin mechanism.
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Bird partners with Carbone 4 to contribute to carbon neutrality in Paris
The partnership will reportedly see Bird become to first operator to contribute to climate neutrality in Paris from 2020, with plans to expand to the rest of France in 2021.
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Bird outlines contribution to mandatory scooter parking in Paris
Bird has outlined how it is contributing to the City of Paris' shift to 'mandatory parking' which looks to reduce street clutter and improve parking options in the city.
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Bird acquires European micromobility company Circ
The combined company will result in Bird adding more than 300 employees to its European operations, as it aims to provide streamlined, sustainable and safe operations for cities looking to reduce carbon emissions and congestion.
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Marseille awards contracts to three e-scooter operators
Marseille has become the first major European city to complete a tender for e-scooter operations, and each operator will be able to deploy 2,000 e-scooters each.
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U.S. cities come together to create mobility management plan
The Open Mobility Foundation (OMF), formed by cities from across the U.S. seeks to improve transportation across the country with open data sources.