{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Micromobility Podcast","title":"NYC Enforces Traffic Cameras but Falls Down on Their eBike Replacement Project | New Vehicle Launches | Interview with Patrick Wirth at Baloise Group","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3712,"description":"Chapters: \n00:00 - 5:20 Announcements and giveaways\n5:21 - 8:59 NYC enforces traffic cameras\n9:00 - 14:18 NYC Equitable Commute Project off to slow start\n14:19 - 17:18 Lavoie buys Vanmoof \n17:19 - 19:52 Kenya shipping electric motorcycles at scale\n19:53 - 31:58 Vehicle Launches! \n31:59 Interview with Patrick Wirth at Baloise Group\n\nNYC has speed cameras cranking \nHere’s a novel idea for reducing car deaths: enforce traffic laws. One year after introducing its new 24/7 automatic traffic ticketing system, New York City speed violations have reportedly dropped by 30%.\n\nSmall mode shift leads to big gains\nA good argument for why motorists should want to see more ebikes on the road: “Studies have shown that a mere 10% shift from car drivers to bike riders has resulted in a 40% reduction in traffic congestion. Even if you never touch an ebike, you would benefit from supporting their increased use.”\n\nLavoie buys Vanmoof\nCult ebike brand VanMoof has been bought out of bankruptcy by Lavoie, a company that makes high-end scooters based on McLaren Applied’s Formula 1 technology. VanMoof’s bankruptcy earlier this summer had left its more than 190,000 riders in limbo. \n\nNYC Equitable Commute Project can't get off the ground\nNew York City’s ebike trade-in program—designed to help delivery workers swap low-quality, fire-prone bikes for safer, industry-certified models—is off to a rocky start. Since July, only three bikes have been traded in. Experts say the city’s 60,000+ delivery workers aren’t participating due to language barriers, cost of the trade-ins, and a slow and somewhat difficult approval process.\n\nKenya is making the US programs look silly. \nKenya has revealed the details of its ambitious new plan to encourage electric motorbikes adoption through a manufacturing partnership with the African startup Spiro. “[President] Ruto said Kenya currently had 1,000 of the new bikes, with another 10,000 on their way, and that Spiro had established a plant with the capacity to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/at7G3gxGDWglvTJ3FfhPtfaxPELHBPmCFC9m1Fl166c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZjFh/Y2JhNjg4Mzg5MzJi/ZGJlMGFmNjA4ZjU4/NzMzOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}