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Carsharing

Shared Mobility Business Models 2026: The Complete Guide

Shared mobility business models give users short-term access to a vehicle (car, e-bike, e-scooter, moped) instead of owning one. The four core models are B2C (operator-owned fleet rented to consumers), B2B (corporate or developer fleets), P2P (peer-to-peer platforms like Turo), and public/private partnerships (city + operator services like bikeshare and MaaS apps). In 2026, the global shared mobility market sits in the USD 200–430 billion range depending on scope, and Mobility-as-a-Service plus autonomous ride-hail are the fastest-growing segments.

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May 13, 2026 No Comments
Industry Insights

CitiesFirst Podcast: How Cities Are Reshaping the Future of Shared Micromobility

movmi’s Venkatesh Gopal was invited to join a conversation about the evolution of shared micromobility — alongside Julie White from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Darius Mason from the City of Detroit. Hosted by Scott Shepard on The CitiesFirst Podcast, the discussion explored how shared micromobility, including scooters and e-bikes, has grown from an experimental trend into a critical part of urban transportation systems. While some cities embraced this shift quickly, others faced early resistance, confusion, or chaos. Together, the panel shared hard-earned lessons and their vision for the future of urban mobility.

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August 12, 2025 No Comments
Industry Insights

From Mindshift to Modeshift Ep 8: Workplaces as Catalysts for Sustainable Living

Discover how workplaces can become powerful catalysts for sustainable living in the latest Mindshift to Modeshift episode. We takj wutg OneEarth Living’s Dagmar Timmer to discuss the new Sustainable Living Action Pack and how combining behavioral insights with practical incentives can transform employee habits, workplace culture, and city mobility.

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July 30, 2025 No Comments
Carsharing

7 Reasons Why Small Towns Could Beat Big Cities at Multimodal Mobility (And Why Micromobility Is Their Secret Weapon)

Think only big cities can deliver integrated, multimodal transportation systems? Think again. While urban centres wrestle with red tape and legacy infrastructure, small and mid-sized communities are quietly building the future of mobility — faster, cheaper, and with micromobility leading the charge. Here are 7 reasons why small towns could win the race toward connected, inclusive, and sustainable transportation.

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June 19, 2025 No Comments
Carsharing

Corporate Shared Mobility: A Smart Move for Healthier Teams and Stronger Businesses

Corporate shared mobility is when organizations offer shared transportation services, such as e-bike fleets, carshares, shuttle services, or micromobility credits, as part of their employee benefits or operations.

These services can be provided directly by the employer or through partnerships with shared mobility providers, including platforms offering Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions. It is cost effective. Proven to be providing multifold returns compared to providing parking spaces to employees, parking passes.

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May 28, 2025 No Comments
Micromobility

B.C. Active Transportation Summit 2025: Moving Further. Together.

The BC Active Transportation Summit is returning for 2025—and this time, we’re heading to the mountain town of Kimberley, BC.

Hosted by the British Columbia Cycling Coalition (BCCC) in partnership with movmi and the Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC), the summit will once again bring together planners, policymakers, advocates, and industry leaders to collaborate on the future of walking, cycling, and micromobility across the province. Set against the backdrop of a smaller community, the 2025 event offers a unique opportunity to discuss how active transportation can be advanced in a range of contexts—from rural to urban—and what it takes to create more connected, sustainable places for everyone.

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April 27, 2025 No Comments
Industry Insights

From Mindshift to Modeshift Ep 7: The Evolution of Micromobility

Micromobility is reshaping the way we navigate cities, challenging perceptions and influencing transportation choices. In a recent interview, Amir Hassanpour, a PhD candidate at The University of British Columbia, shared insights from his research on emerging modes of transportation, emphasizing how mindshift and modeshift interact to shape urban mobility. His research, conducted in partnership with TransLink, investigates the implications of micromobility adoption in Metro Vancouver and how cities can prepare for the growing presence of e-bikes, e-scooters, electric skateboards, and self-balancing unicycles.

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February 19, 2025 No Comments
Micromobility

Highlights from Our Favorite Sessions at the 2024 Active Transportation Summit

Last month, movmi had the pleasure of co-hosting the Active Transportation Summit in New Westminster. This dynamic event brought together industry leaders, urban planners, and transportation enthusiasts to discuss the future of mobility. As active participants, we attended numerous sessions and are excited to share some key takeaways with our followers. In this blog post, we take a look at a few of the sessions focused on shared micromobility and multimodal transportation, topics that are at the heart of our mission to transform urban mobility.

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July 8, 2024 No Comments
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Industry Insights

What does it take to transform cycling? A leaf from Our Community Bikes’ playbook

After spending years advocating for sustainable mobility with Polis in Brussels, Isobel decided it was time to experience firsthand what she had been writing about. With nothing but four panniers and a heart full of curiosity, she embarked on her cycling odyssey.

Isobel has been documenting the Canadian leg of her trip and will be sharing it with us, to share with you! It contains stories of the people she’s met along the way and the communities striving to promote active travel across Canada. In this second installment she shares her experiences traveling from Kamloops to Vancouver and the top 10 things she has learned cycling across Canada in the off-season.

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July 4, 2024 No Comments
Micromobility

AT Summit 2024: 7 Key Takeaways for Shared Micromobility Operators and Advocates

The Active Transportation Summit happened last week and we’re still basking in the afterglow of another successful event. In this article we share are our seven key takeaways from the event… whether you’re a shared mobility operator, a city official wanting to improve transportation equity and affordability in your area, or a developer wanting to learn more about how sustainable transportation goals may impact your future projects, this is essential information for you to know.

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June 26, 2024 No Comments
E-scooters

Micromobility 2023 Update: Shared E-scooters & E-bikes in Canada

Over the past 12 months, micromobility, in particular e-scooter and e-bike share services, have gained significant traction as sustainable and convenient modes of transportation. Canada, known for its forward-thinking approach to urban mobility, has been actively embracing these micromobility solutions.

In this article, we discuss the latest micromobility news in Canada (since the beginning of 2022 until now) including:

New pilot programs
The rise of shared e-bikes
Major micromobility regulatory changes.

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June 13, 2023 No Comments
Ewaka Celeste Vogel partner spotlight
Micromobility

Electric Micromobility in Africa: Interview with Céleste Vogel from eWAKA

We believe cultivating partnerships is the key to creating successful shared mobility. With over 70 partners, so much innovation is happening right here in our network! This month we are bringing back our partner spotlight series with an interview from Céleste Vogel, CEO and Co-Founder of eWAKA – a platform for commuter and commercial micromobility fleets.

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February 13, 2023 No Comments
Integrated Mobility & Transit

How to Integrate Micromobility with our Public Transportation: Cheat Sheet

Multimodal integration improves reliability, affordability, and – with trip planning – flexibility of multimodal trips. It increases ridership across modes and offers the population more of an accessible distance to transport stations. To achieve integration we need to create seamless connectivity and just like any good recipe there are key ingredients and a proper method required to achieve successful micromobility integration.

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February 8, 2023 No Comments
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Electric Bikes

Electric Bikeshare Whitepaper, 2022

In our latest whitepaper, we identify how shared electric bikeshare operations can be a win-win for users, operators, cities and the planet. We also provide real life examples, insights and data describing how to attract riders, ensure operational feasibility, and improve multimodality of cities.

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April 22, 2022 No Comments
Case Study

movmi’s Demo Day with LINK e-scooters

Last month the movmi team took to the streets of Vancouver for a demo day with LINK e-scooters from Superpedestrian. They are currently looking to enter the Canadian market and have hired movmi’s team to provide strategic guidance. movmi’s work with LINK is focused on two areas: community engagement and a deployment plan.

Check out the movmi team in action! 🛴 Read the full article to find out what we thought of LINK’s e-scooters!

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November 13, 2021 No Comments

MICROMOBILITY UPDATE 2021: SHARED E-SCOOTERS, CANADA

Understanding the key e-scooter developments and players that have helped advance this sector over the past five years, can give us valuable insights on where the industry is going and how we can successfully shape it to meet the needs of both cities and riders here in Canada.

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June 21, 2021 No Comments

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: BYKKO

In our #PartnerSpotlight series, we wish to share what we have learnt so far about our partners and how they see their solutions solving today’s transportation challenges. This month we explore eBike sharing. With the current boom in biking across cities globally and with micromobility gaining traction as a viable and sustainable transportation alternative for private and public applications we feel this is quite the need of the hour. BYKKO works in bringing the eBike shared micromobility model to life.

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June 21, 2021 No Comments