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Mobility technology company Mayten acquires shared mobility aggregator Cogo to expand its software offering for shared mobility. The acquisition forms part of Mayten’s MobilityFabric brand which includes software solutions that help shared mobility companies focus on their core operations and reduce R&D expenses. “Though shared mobility boomed in the last years fuelled by VC funding, barrier to entry for small operators remains high,” Mayten Founder and CEO Prabin Joel Jones told Zag Daily. “We plan to expand upon Cogo's current offerings to enable small operators with a few scooters or e-bikes to get started with their shared mobility project at a low cost.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-baeb5m

49% of UK consumers cannot afford to buy a bike outright, according to new research from Blackhawk Network (BHN) Europe. A survey of 2,000 respondents found that 25% of those who can’t afford to buy a bike upfront would need to save for six months, and 67% said they’d be more likely to cycle if they had support from their employer. “In helping people afford bikes, salary sacrifice schemes have proven to be a powerful tool in achieving this. By enabling employees to purchase bikes and accessories through pre-tax salary deductions, these schemes offer substantial financial benefits,” Adrian Warren CGMA 🚴♂️🏢💳💸, Senior Director of Product Management at BHN Extras, told Zag Daily. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ebDphpHm

LYNEports has won the startup prize at the Farnborough Airshow for its vertiport planning solution which lets users create a digital twin of their eVTOL network. “The question we have to ask is where and how do we land these new eVTOLs in a safe and sustainable way? That’s how the idea of LYNEports came about. We want to merge the airspace and groundspace under one umbrella for the first time through a digital twin that has all the data needed to find and identify potential vertiport sites,” founder Rasha Alshami told Zag Daily after winning the prize. The other five finalists were Eddytec, Estuaire, Flux Aviation, OneGrab, and Sora Aviation. Read about them here: https://lnkd.in/erh_5TCP

Coming up in this week’s newsletter we announce an entirely new section of the Zag Daily platform plus TIER-Dott deploys its largest fleet ever for the 2024 Paris Olympics and the UK pledges £103 million for sustainable air travel Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/eid8KXUt

This week Zag Daily launched Zag Air, a new editorial section dedicated to the business of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). With it comes Radar, a new series of interviews that will track the leading AAM players on their journey to reshape the sustainable air industry. Kicking the series off is Duncan Walker - CEO of Skyports Infrastructure which is developing a vertiport and eVTOL network in Dubai set to be the world’s first from 2026. Duncan says the Middle East takes pole position as the first ‘mover market’ for eVTOL because of government coordination and a clear vision for advanced air mobility. “The region is solution-focused which can mean rapid progress for emerging technology, and its stakeholders are more forward-thinking than in the UK for example where there are typically loads of consultations and people saying things can’t be done. In the Middle East, there’s a senior level of political buy-in and an understanding that there must be a way to make it happen, so how can we make it happen? It’s a totally different mindset.” #AAM #UAM #eVTOL #drone #AdvancedAirMobility #ZagAir #FlightPlan Read more: https://lnkd.in/eyvquaxg

The first six months of the ULEZ expansion saved 424 tonnes of nitrogen oxides in outer London, according to new data from London City Hall. This is equivalent to removing 200,000 cars from the road for one year. “The toxic air emergency is a public health crisis and action needs to be taken,” Hirra K., Co-Director of climate charity Possible, told Zag Daily. “Contrary to what anti-ULEZ activists were saying last year, these findings show that the overall impact of ULEZ has been hugely positive. We need to step away from the culture war and get on with cleaning up our air by focusing on the facts: these policies work.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/eCRAmbqH

Today we’re hugely excited to launch Zag Air at the Farnborough Airshow Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit (GUAAS) 2024. This is an entirely new section of the Zag Daily platform dedicated to the fast growing business of Advanced Air Mobility. It will complement all our current new mobility editorial content exploring the latest developments in #AAM, #UAM, #eVTOL, #Drone technologies and the increasingly distributed business of sustainable air travel. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gWGMzMYu

Eyes on the ground: ‘Here’s what I learnt riding an e-scooter around Miami every day’ by VMAX E-SCOOTER's Yoav L. Dreifuss. “There are signs in many places on the car lanes that allow you to use the entire lane rather than being pushed to the side – I can’t recall seeing this in other cities like Los Angeles.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/dm7Pd2kR

TIER-Dott is to deploy 15,000 e-bikes across Paris to cater for the 15 million visitors descending on the capital for the 2024 Olympic Games - its largest fleet ever. The shared micromobility operator has unveiled its ‘Cycling Mobility Plan’ to Zag Daily which includes 5,000 additional bikes, 40 additional staff and a new service area available in Paris, Saint-Denis (Stade de France), Nanterre (Arena), Aubervilliers, and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. This plan is designed to align with the desire of Paris City Hall and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee to offer a 100% bike-friendly event. “You cannot imagine the excitement on the ground right now,” says TIER-Dott’s Chief Business Officer Nicolas Gorse in an interview. "This is the biggest event we’ve ever participated in and the largest fleet we’ve ever deployed. We feel like we’re hosting the world.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/g3dah7am