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- 5 Mar 26 Queensland Parliament report: Inquiry
into e-mobility safety and use in Queensland [comment:
They are recommending 10km/h limit on footpaths and lower
speeds in congested areas, with effective speed limiters, as
we recommended in 2010.
Hopefully it gets implemented in Queensland and nationally!]
- 22 Feb 26 ABC: e-bike
rider suffers head injuries in crash after being followed
by police in south-west Sydney + E-bike
seller uses fake compliance stickers to skirt crackdown.
- 22 Feb 26 The Guardian: NSW
to ban children from riding ebikes under minimum age limit
+ Rental
ebike programs booming in Australian cities as e-scooter
‘moral panic’ sees take-up stall.
- 24 Jan 26 The
Guardian: Ebike ‘swarms’ descend on roads and parks across
Australia as meet-ups gather pace.
- 13 Dec 25 WA Government: RIDE
SAFE - Inquiry into the safety, regulation and penalties
associated with the use of
electric powered mobility devices (no reference to my
submission in the report!)
- 13 Dec 25 ABC: UK
backpacker Alicia Kemp sentenced over e-scooter death of
Thanh Phan in Perth CBD.
- 2 Dec 25 ABC: NSW
considering plan to halve power and top speed of ebikes as
rider dies in collision with garbage truck (please
consider our 2010
report when setting policy)
- 29 Aug 25 Bicycle Network: Coroner
calls for e-scooter ban.
- 25 Aug 25 Parliament of Victoria: Helmet
mandates, GPS limits and fines coming for e-scooters
- 24 Jul 25 ABC: Calls
for illegal e-bikes to be seized by police cheered at
parliamentary hearing on Gold Coast.
- 10 Jun 25 Injury Prevention (PDF): Breaking
bones and the rules: An
audit of paediatric e-scooter trauma in a regional
Queensland hospital
- 6 Jun 25 The Conversation: E-bikes
and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous.
- 4 Jun 25 The Guardian: E-scooter
injury toll revealed in study just ‘tip of the iceberg’ in
Australia, doctors warn.
- 4 Jun 25 ABC: E-scooter
fatality in Townsville as severe head injuries become
major hospital concern + Perth
man Thanh Phan dies after being hit by e-scooter in
alleged drunken crash.
- 1 May 25 ETSC: Motorcycles
up to 125cc excluded from new EU law on technical
inspections despite risks of tampering and
- defects.
- 30 Mar 25 Fleetnews: Non-folding
e-bikes banned [on London Transport] due to fire risk
+ E-bikes
drive lithium-ion battery fire increase.
- 4 Jan 25 SSS Leader: Rising
e-bike conflict in Sutherland Shire: A new level.
- 10 Jan 25 The Conversation: E-bike
popularity is booming. But are they as safe as regular
bikes?
- 2 Dec 24 ETSC: European
Commission study sets out regulatory options for ‘personal
mobility devices’ including e-scooters + PIN
Report [frustrating that our research in 2009-2011
[see above] was not referenced!) + EC Report "Study
on the need for harmonised rules to support the rise of
micro mobility and increased road safety for personal
mobility devices"
- 15 Nov 24 ABC: Queensland
e-scooter rules are not slowing rider injuries as
emergency department presentations soar.
- 28 Oct 24 The Guardian: The
‘active transport’ ideas from around the world that could
make Australians healthier and our cities cleaner.
- 21 Sep 24 The Conversation: E-scooter
riders flouting rules, blocking footpaths and causing
accidents? We need to use smart solutions (and bust the
myths)
- 20 Mar 24 ABC: NSW
records two more lithium-ion battery-related fires
following blazes in Bankstown and Silverwater + Low-quality
products could be behind increased number of lithium-ion
battery fires in NSW
- 20 Nov 23 The Conversation: The
world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting
demand for oil far more than electric cars
- 20 Nov 23 ABC: [Abandoned] E-scooters
a trip hazard for people who are blind, vision impaired
- 14 Nov 23 ABC: Elderly
man riding motorised wheelchair struck by car and killed
in Townsville (see NEW
SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTORISED MOBILITY DEVICES IN
AUSTRALIA - unfortunately moves to implement the
standard have stalled partly due to misunderstanding
about "Blue Label" requirements for access to public buses )
- 17 Sep23 The Guardian: ‘Bottom
of the food chain’: e-scooter riders push for reimagining
of Australia’s bike lanes
- 6 Oct 22 ABC: Police
launch e-scooter safety blitz as man dies in hospital
after crash in Melbourne's north + Privately
owned e-scooters legal to buy, illegal to ride as Victoria
Police enforces safety blitz
- 28 Mar 22 The Conversation: Thinking
of swerving high fuel prices with an e-scooter or e-bike?
5 crucial questions answered.(see also Allocating
costs and benefits to modes of personal transport)
- 29 Dec 21 ACA: Sydney
man fined thousands after riding e-scooter on road.
- 26 Jul 21 ABC: Call
for change as illegal e-bikes reaching speeds of more than
100 kilometres per hour
- 26 Jul 21 Smart Transport: E-scooters
predicted to be involved in up to 200,000 accidents +
E-scooters
could replace 5m car trips annually in London + UK
could become e-scooter ‘market leader’
- 9 Apr 21 BoundMotor: SEGWAYS,
SCOOTERS, AND SKATEBOARDS: THE NEW ELECTRIFIED URBAN
TRANSPORTATION
- 2 Nov 20 ETSC:Consumer
test of e-scooters leads to “get a bike” recommendation
- 23 Oct 19 The Conversation: To
bolster our fragile road and rail system we need to add a
‘micro-mobility’ network
Created by Michael Paine, November 2023.
Vehicle safety & environment
