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Narrative and new mobility

January 7, 2019 Beate Kubitz
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I’ve watched the ebbing fortunes of the ‘bike share unicorns’ - notably ofo and Mobike - with concern over the past year. Their cheery growth, rapidly scattering thousands of orange and yellow bikes across UK cities seemed like a magic solution to get more people cycling without costing cities a fortune. But their equally rapid retraction holds lessons for all sorts of new mobility. 

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In Blog Tags Bikeshare, MaaS
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Bikes, bubbles, canaries and crashes

August 31, 2018 Antony de Heveningham
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My attention was drawn to an interesting piece of bike industry news from China today.

Chinese bike manufacturers are reporting significant drops in turnover as a result of bike share companies shrinking. Like, really significant – ofo supplier, the Shanghai Phoenix Enterprise (Group) Co Ltd, experienced a 55% drop in turnover and net income in the first six months of this year.

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In Blog Tags Bikeshare, Micromobility
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