![]() ![]() ![]() To say the micromobility industry was caught off guard might be an understatement. It sat untouched until this month, when it popped up and passed a committee vote, an action that sent it to the full Senate. Remember last week when I told y’all about California Assembly Bill 1286? Here’s a quick refresher: the bill passed the Assembly in 2019 and moved over to committee within the Senate. You can also send a direct message to me at Twitter - Micromobbin’ The question is, will this effort be sufficient?Įmail me anytime at to share thoughts and criticisms or offer up opinions or tips. Revel is leaning heavily on tech, and specifically its app, to improve safety, including training videos and tests, a helmet selfie feature that requires photographic evidence the user is wearing a helmet and a community reporting tool. The startup’s blue mopeds (3,000 of them) that had become a familiar sight in New York City are back, but with a number of new protocols and features aimed at boosting safety and assuaging city officials. Shared electric moped startup Revel resumed operations in New York City a month after shutting down its service following several deaths. ![]() I wanted to mention one item before we launch, because it speaks to a larger issue of safety and how some shared mobility startups are turning to tech in an attempt to improve it. We’ve got SPACs, venture deals and micromobility news along with a peek at one AV company’s newest vehicle. I’ll skip the typical wind up and get right to things this week. Hello and welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present and future ways people and packages move from Point A to Point B. Sign up here - just click The Station - to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. ![]()
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