The document discusses promoting micromobility solutions like e-bikes and e-scooters through better integration with public transit. It argues that cooperation between cities, operators, and transit authorities can improve intermodal transportation networks and make micromobility a core part of urban mobility. Examples from Paris, Utrecht, and a new plan in Italy aim to develop safe biking infrastructure, bike sharing options to access transit, and a national cycling network. The goal is efficient, multimodal transportation that encourages micromobility use.

1. (Re)Putting
Micromobility at the
center of Urban
Mobility
FROM THE BCG RESEARCH TO THE
EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES OF PARIS AND
UTRECTH, UP TO THE GENERAL CYCLING
MOBILITY PLAN APPROVED IN ITALY.

2. “E-bikes, e-mopeds, and e-scooters can
go from fad to fixture—and win over
commuters—if cities consider ways to
bundle these modes with public transit.”
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3. The question is:
which is a way for municipalities to
promote an efficient combination
of mobility services for citizens and
tourists?
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4. A fundamental step is promoting
cooperation between municipalities,
micromobility operators and public
transit authorities.
The respondents of the BCG survey are
willing to pay around
22% – 25% more
on the final price for integrated
micromobility and public transit solutions
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5. “Until cities can offer a compelling door-to-door
solution to a bigger share of residents, their
micromobility initiatives won’t amount to much.
Leaders need to consider transportation from the
users’ perspective—that is, the perspective of the
many different key groups of citizens.”
WHAT TO DO
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In order to have an efficient intermodal
transport network it is necessary to build
adequate infrastructures for the circulation of
users, being the lack of safe and continuous
bike lanes one of the major disincentives for
citizens.
-"Putting Micromobility at the center of Urban Mobility", BCG,
May 2022

7. A further European example is the
city of Utrecht, in The Netherlands,
which has one of the greatest
bike-parking networks worldwide.
Parks are signalled by digital signs,
and, in some particularly trafficked
hours or days, the municipality
offers virtual pop-ups in order to
facilitate parking
Paris is the most significant
example in Europe. Thanks to
initiatives promoted by the Ile-De-
France region that offers bike
sharing solutions to reach the
metro station or the final
destination of their journey once
having dropped off the metro.
EXAMPLES
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8. THE PGMC IN ITALY
In Italy, has been approved in early August the General
Cycling Mobility Plan (Piano Generale della Mobilità
Ciclistica) promoted by the Minister for Insfrastructures
and Sustainable Mobility.
The plan, referred to as PGMC, has as objective the creation
of a National Cycling Mobility System (SNMC): a national
network of bike lanes that will allow bikers to move across
the whole country in an efficient and safe way, linking
urban, suburban and metropolitan areas
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9. THE PGMC IN ITALY
enforcing the safety of cyclists
improving signs
creating bike lanes in urban and suburban areas
promote the bicycle touring of the country
The plan, thanks to the PGMC, aims at:
Around 943 million of euros have already been invested for
the first biennium 2022-2024.
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10. “Now is a more than opportune moment
to move micromobility forward, and
make it a central element in the urban
mobility revolution.”
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