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[automotiveera]

Indonesia Micromobility Market is Led by the E-Moped Category

The Indonesia micromobility market will touch USD 19,888.5 million, powering at a 116.1% compound annual growth rate, by 2030. 

This growth is because of the growing requirement for lessening urban traffic congestion, the rising need for first- and last-mile connectivity, and the convenience and low cost of such services for traveling. 

Moreover, the government is likely to seize the bike trend as a chance to make funding for sustainable mobility and make biking the favored approach of transport in the new-normal period. Several micromobility service providers that had ceased or decreased processes during the lockdown are now concentrating on enhancing their fleet sizes to fill the mounting demand.

Furthermore, micromobility offers different benefits than other modes of transport, for example, greater connectivity to public transportation hubs, reduced carbon footprint, and less reliance on personal vehicles. Also, these services assist in decreasing the issue of traffic jams on urban roads, as these automobiles are small and need less area for parking or on roads.

Additionally, the arrival of swappable batteries has boosted the fleet uptime significantly, while also decreasing the operating expenses, which has eventually taken the micromobility sector toward profitability.

In the past few years, the first-and last-mile category, based on model, was the larger contributor to the industry. Moreover, this category will propel at a faster compound annual growth rate during this decade. This is mainly because of the increasing acceptance of these services to subway entrances, reach offices, bus stops, schools, and public institutions.

With the increasing requirement to decrease urban traffic congestion and the surging need for first-and last-mile connectivity, the Indonesia micromobility industry will continue to progress in the coming years.

[automotiveera]

Redefining Urban Transit: Exploring the Singapore Micromobility Market

With about 67% share in public and shared transportation, Singapore has a smart and sustainable mobility method. Only about 33% of the country’s transport are private modes for example car and motor bike.

Working toward a vision of a “car-lite” city, the government has recognized more than a few measures that make private cars somewhat costly and less attractive. A strict vehicle quota limits the car count. Road assessing surges the cost of private car use. And the tax system additionally imposes monetary burden on car proprietors. By doing so, Singapore is proactively fighting congestion, pollution, and car accidents.

The Technocratic Management Pushes Non-Motorized Modes

The data-driven, technocratic government has an important role in shaping Singapore’s movement of the future in the long term.  With the use of data and scenarios in a non-democratic but hard, transparent and effective way, the Singapore management is further driving maintainable transportation options concentrating on non-motorized modes. The public transportation system based on urban rail connects the city centre and the suburbs. It is continually expanded and enhanced.

Active mobility modes such as walking and cycling are underrepresented but pushed strategically, e.g. by building showers and lockers at mobility hubs such as bike stations. Roads are redesigned to be more pedestrian-oriented and cyclist-friendly. Recently added micro-mobility options such as e-scooters and kick scooters do further contribute to the reduction of individual motorized transport.

Autonomous Driving to Address Lack of Labor and Land

With its elderly populace sometimes called “silver tsunami,” the authorities are not banning cars completely. They are somewhat working toward a future on the basis of electric and autonomous cars.  Many pilots for self-driving shuttles or buses are established. Autonomous driving can use roads more competently in a nation that is infamous for its shortage of land. Furthermore, self-driving buses are a solution to the lack of labor for functioning public transport.

MaaS with Public and Shared Transport as Core

Overall, the Singapore government is seeing a vision that is described as a continuous mobilityapproach. Singapore’s micromobility of the future will be a door-to-door, on-demand, multimodal service where shared, private, and public transport are all interconnected. It is the concept of MaaS that offers a mobility solution rather than only transport.

On the core it will be public and shared transport on the basis of smartphone apps that guarantee individual and tension-free first-and-last-mile connectivity. MaaS is an example for transporting the vision of seamless mobility to Singapore. With their Whim app, the Finnish startup plans to combine many transport modes, from bus to taxis, car sharing and bikes in just an app.

An important factor for micromobility in Singapore is the transportation being planned and monitored by a robust administration that collaborates with innovative startups in private-private partnerships.

Though the management offers anonymized traffic data, the startups bring the latest tech. This action is in robust contrast to many governments of the west whose incompetent administrations do still emphasis on widespread private car use and fail to reliably advance public and shared transportation.

Coming to a Conclusion

 It is because of the increasing need for efficient transport systems for travelling short distances, the demand for micro mobility solutions in Singapore is on the rise. The total value of the industry will reach USD 1, 817.9 million by the end of this decade.

[powerup]

European cities challenge drivers to go green

By Chandler Clay

Could infuriating drivers be the needed motivation to get cars off the street and bikes on the road? Some European cities have taken to the streets to reduce their transportation sectors' carbon footprints, creating obstacles for drivers and incentivizing bike-sharing programs and public transportation. Is this something we might soon see in American cities?

Fat chance.

The U.S. automotive industry is tied closely to the U.S. economy. Driving is a part of our culture the way the Tube is a part of British culture. Changing our habits would require a complete restructuring of American lifestyles, not to mention a restructuring (or shall we say constructing) of vast railways. 

Europeans have the appropriate infrastructure to accommodate reformed drivers. Closing streets to oblige bikers, charging tolls for city drivers and establishing "environmental zones" that welcome only cars with low carbon dioxide emissions are just some of the changes being used to stifle drivers in Europe — but the vast rail and subway systems between the metropolitan cities make it possible for commuters to get to their destination quickly by other means. This is not the case for most U.S. cities.

Americans are getting used to sensors and apps that make it easier and more efficient for drivers to get where they're going. We synchronize our green lights and tell people where they can find parking spots, but we haven't done much to effectively expand our public transportation sector — a serious issue facing our increasingly large population of seniors.

The challenge, then, isn't really for European commuters to switch to rails, bikes or sneakers — rather it's for Americans to invest in the infrastructure that would enable us to follow suit. We need to stop giving the automotive industry all of the attention (unless of course it's for electric cars) and instead focus our energy on clean energy (yes, the bikes and sneakers count).