Micromobility Alert Sample


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Alert results for: Micromobility

Information between 7th January 2024 - 16th April 2024

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Parliamentary Debates
Rural Transport
43 speeches (6,527 words)
Monday 8th January 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) that this safety angle is not forgotten as people consider the potential uptake of electric bikes and micromobility - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 26th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Local Government Association (LGA), and District Councils' Network (DCN)

High streets in towns and small cities - Built Environment Committee

Found: We have to think about the differences between urban places where micromobility—bikes and those sorts

Tuesday 5th March 2024
Written Evidence - The Bicycle Association
IPO0048 - Industrial policy

Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee

Found: global e-bike industry is forecast to exceed $40 billion by 2030 (Precedence Research) and the micromobility

Tuesday 20th February 2024
Written Evidence - The Open Data Institute
FTD0057 - Future of transport data

Future of transport data - Transport Committee

Found: In the context of micromobility vehicles we noted that they, and the platforms supporting them, ‘should

Wednesday 14th February 2024
Special Report - Second Special Report - Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2023-24

Business and Trade Committee

Found: use, including private cars, light commercial vehicles, larger vehicles, aerospace, rail, marine, micromobility

Tuesday 6th February 2024
Report - 1st Report - EV strategy: rapid recharge needed

Environment and Climate Change Committee

Found: and L-category vehicles 37 Box 2: Micromobility and L-category vehicles 37 Car clubs 39 Box 3:



Written Answers
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points and Parking
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party - Life peer)
Thursday 7th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to issuing guidance on the placement and design of (1) electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and (2) micromobility parking provision.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

All EV drivers should be able to easily find public chargepoints they can use, and accessibility should be embedded in public chargepoint design from the outset. The Government and industry sponsored, Publicly Available Standard (PAS) 1899 provides specifications on the placement, design and installation of accessible public EV chargepoints.

The Government has extended its e-scooter trials until May 2026 to enable us to build on current learning across areas including usage, safety, parking provision and environmental impacts. The Department’s guidance for local authorities and operators taking part in trials sets out that appropriate parking provision should be provided to ensure e-scooters do not become obstructive.

Pedestrian Areas
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Tuesday 5th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report commissioned by the Local Government Association The path to inclusive footways, published on 10 February; and what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and (2) micromobility parking provision, do not obstruct footways.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Strategy, published in March 2022, outlined that local authorities are best placed to understand what charging infrastructure is required, and have a key role in ensuring the delivery of chargepoints meets the needs of their areas. The Government and industry sponsored, Publicly Available Standard (PAS) 1899 provides specifications on the placement, design and installation of accessible public EV chargepoints.

Cross-pavement cable solutions can be used to channel EV charging wires across the pavement safely. As part of the Plan for Drivers, the Government committed to provide guidance on the use of safe cross-pavement charging solutions, best practice to local authorities on relevant legislation, permissions, and how to consider applications.

The Government has extended its e-scooter trials until May 2026 to build on current learning across areas including usage, safety, parking provision and environmental impacts. The Department’s guidance for local authorities and operators taking part in trials sets out that appropriate parking provision should be provided to ensure e-scooters do not become obstructive.

Motorcycles: Carbon Emissions
Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)
Tuesday 30th January 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 3453 on Motorcycles: Carbon Emissions, what progress he has made on delivering powered light vehicle action plan items (a) 1, (b) 4, (c) 5, (d) 7, (e) 8 and (f) 10.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government continues to engage with industry to deliver the Motorcycle Industry Association and Zemo Partnership’s Action Plan where appropriate.

On action 1, pressures on the legislative timetable mean that Government is not planning to legislate for micromobility in the Fourth Session but remains committed to obtaining further evidence for future legislation to strengthen the evidence base.

On action 4, the plug-in motorcycle grant, introduced in 2017 to stimulate the early market for zero emission mopeds and motorcycles, has provided over £8m to support the purchase of over 12,000 zero emission mopeds and motorcycles.

On action 5, Government recently worked with the Energy Saving Trust to promote zero emission L-category vehicles to consumers and businesses where they had potential to significantly decarbonise personal transport and light freight, enabling people to choose how best to make journeys.

On action 7, the Government published its Future of Transport Rural Transport Innovation guidance in November 2023. This set out how innovative new transport technologies and services can help local authorities respond to rural-specific transport challenges, as well as making up to £3 million available for local authorities to trial and test these technologies.

On action 8, the Department will continue to engage with Local Authorities to help support them decarbonise their transport systems.

On action 10, as the zero-emission powered light vehicle sector grows, Government will continue to work with the sector to support and consider how to best overcome demand side challenges, including the infrastructure needs of these vehicles.



Bill Documents
Feb. 07 2024
De Minimis Assessment from the Department for Transport
Pedicabs (London) Act 2024
Impact Assessments

Found: It is also not clear what futureproofing would look like in a fast - evolving micromobility landscape

Jan. 09 2024
Letter from Lord Davies to Lords regarding points raised during the Committee stage of the Bill: pedicab definition and the term 'reward', geographic scope of legislation, safety of power assisted pedicabs, micromobility, delivery drivers.
Pedicabs (London) Act 2024
Will write letters

Found: definition and the term 'reward', geographic scope of legislation, safety of power assisted pedicabs, micromobility

Dec. 06 2023
Letter from Lord Davies to peers regarding the case for legislating, incidents caused by pedicabs, pedicabs definition, immigration status, TfL policy intention, noise, pedicab ranks and operations, micromobility vehicles, and battery safety.
Pedicabs (London) Act 2024
Will write letters

Found: pedicabs definition, immigration status, TfL policy intention, noise, pedicab ranks and operations, micromobility



Department Publications - Guidance
Sunday 17th March 2024
Department for Transport
Source Page: Bus user priority (LTN 1/24)
Document: LTN 1/24 Bus user priority (PDF)

Found: transport itself might not be able to offer door -to-door journeys, but when combined with active and micromobility



Deposited Papers
Wednesday 10th January 2024
Department for Transport
Source Page: Letter dated 09/01/2024 from Lord Davies of Gower to Lords regarding points raised during the Committee stage of the Pedicabs (London) Bill: pedicab definition and the term 'reward', geographic scope of legislation, safety of power assisted pedicabs, micromobility, delivery drivers. 4p.
Document: Lords.pdf (PDF)

Found: definition and the term 'reward', geographic scope of legislation, safety of power assisted pedicabs, micromobility




Micromobility mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Cross Party Group Publications
Agenda for the meeting on 12 March 2024 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Sustainable Transport
Published: 12th Mar 2024

Found: Cross -Party Group on Sustainable Transport 12th March 2024, 6 -7.30pm Agenda : The Future of Micromobility

Minute of the meeting held on 24 January 2024 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Sustainable Transport
Published: 24th Jan 2024

Found: The three options proposed were (i) Health inequalities, health and transport, (ii) Micromobility ,