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The Chinese mega-city provides an example of great urban mobility, albeit with a side of authoritarianism.

By all accounts, micromobility is taking off. So why are so many systems shutting down?

Micromobility can be a tool for economic mobility — but only if it's done right.

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An increasing number of U.S. cities that once banned shared bikes and scooters are welcoming the modes back to their streets — and prompting a conversation about why they were ever restricted in the first place.

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Transportation companies want more Americans to ditch their cars for emissions-free travel — and they’ve figured out the ways that entice people to use electric scooters and bikes.

Most bikeshare rides taken on U.S. soil happen in a handful of gigantic cities, on systems maintained by big corporations. But at YoGo Bikeshare in Youngstown, Ohio, Ronnell Elkins and his team are building a bespoke micromobility option specifically for his neighbors — and hoping to create a model for other small cities to combat car dependency.

There's a natural tension between providing for undeserved areas and achieving the density needed for the system to work

Could San Francisco's docked bike-share system be incorporated into Muni?

Caps and neighborhood resistance are limiting the availability of new mobility choices