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New bike-share company to bring 1,500 e-bikes to Seattle streets by spring to boost mobility options

GeekWire

A new electric-assist bike company is joining the mix of bikes and scooters on the streets of Seattle as the city is expanding transportation sharing options. The lower center of gravity is reminiscent of the Wheels sit-down scooter that is also part of the Seattle Department of Transportation’s mobility program.

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Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts

Vox

I’ve been writing about transportation for the better part of a decade, so all that fawning international attention piqued my curiosity. And it could happen in other countries, too, including in the United States, where transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Norway rocks!!”

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The Insider Guide to Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 – Vol. 2

Kitaboo

The passes can also be used as tickets for travelling on the local public transport. We will be exhibiting at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 from Oct.16th Kitaboo is a cloud-based content platform to create-publish-distribute interactive mobile-ready content. The post The Insider Guide to Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 – Vol.

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2020 traffic scorecard shows how Seattle commute congestion disappeared during COVID lockdowns

GeekWire

-based traffic technology and data company, has released its 2020 Global Traffic Scorecard and the COVID-19 pandemic — and stay-at-home orders — had a huge impact on traffic congestion and mobility trends in more than 1,000 cities across 50 countries. billion hours, resulting in $51 billion in time savings compared to 2019.

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New York City subway now supports tap-to-pay at all stations

The Verge

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Thursday that it had completed the rollout of tap-to-pay scanners at all subway stations and on all of its buses throughout the city. For now, you need a phone that supports NFC-based mobile payments in order to use the OMNY system. It’s also just meant to be simpler and more modern.

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Rad Power Bikes raises massive $150M round to scale e-bike business across globe

GeekWire

It also sells to more than 1,000 commercial customers, including national pizza chains, food delivery companies, rental fleets and tech companies who use the bikes as transportation options on corporate campuses. He added that e-bikes are a “resilient form of transportation.” ”

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AAA’s GIG Car Share brings 250 vehicles to Seattle, returning mobility option to city streets

GeekWire

The move represents a return to a mobility concept in Seattle which once saw hundreds of rentable vehicles from services such as car2go, ReachNow and LimePod. By the end of 2019, all three announced they would exit Seattle. Car2Go pioneered the service in North America, launching in Seattle in 2012.

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