Getting to more neighborhoods is essential. Electric bikes could help. By Peter Rosegg, February 1, 2023 (Civil Beat) Don’t get me wrong when I say we need a better Biki. Biki is great. It is one of the nation’s top bikeshare systems (with New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco area and D.C.) and Biki helped Honolulu through the pandemic.
Amid the rental-car shortage, when daily rates shot up to $500 to $700, Biki experienced and managed a nearly 600% growth in casual users as many visitors used Biki bikes to save their vacations from disaster. This happened at a time when Biki expected a year of slow build-back growth with many residents staying home. As Todd Boulanger, Biki executive director, put it in the latest annual report, “Biki made transportation in Honolulu more resilient, covering for the disinvestment of rental car companies by providing a way for the rapid influx of tourists to move around town affordably and to experience Honolulu.”
Peter Rosegg [email protected] The ToysElectric inline skates - I never thought of this as a subcategory for micromobility -- and I am pretty sure I know why. I say bikes, not yikes! But for those who already roll this way, why not? Skate uphill with no effort. escendblades.com
By Peter Rosegg [email protected] Like a kid in a toy store, I went to Micromobility America, a major conference and trade show in September 2022. It was across the bay from San Francisco in Richmond, at Craneway, a renovated Ford factory, the first in California that also rolled out jeeps and tanks in World War II. The Rosie the Riveter WWII Home FrontNational Monument is part of the huge complex. It’s right on the waterfront, and the San Francisco Bay Bike Trail.
By Peter Rosegg
A quiet revolution is happening on the streets of Honolulu – and many other places. I call it The Two Wheel Revolution. In geeky speak, it’s “micromobility,” a variety of small, generally low-speed vehicles — electric or human-powered, privately owned or part of shared fleets. As “personal” mobility, it can include walking and even powered wheelchairs. Like it or not, we are going to have to find a way for many different modes of mobility to co-exist on roads and sidewalks that are not getting any wider. Anyone out and about in Honolulu must have noticed: |
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