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Hobart council will allow just smaller e-bikes on the city streets. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Hobart council says ‘no thanks’ to e-scooters on city footpaths, streets

Hobart City Council is to pull e-scooters off its footpaths in favour of e-bikes over safety and behaviour fears raised by residents. The council says its shared micromobility program will shift from mixed hire (scooters and bikes) to smaller e-bikes. […]

Australia, Council, Featured, Roads, State

24 April 2026

Sydney roads are to get a $200 million facelift after a wet winter. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Sydney roads in line for an extra $200m facelift after wet winter

Sydney roads are to get a $200 million facelift in some of the city’s busiest traffic corridors after a record wet winter. The NSW Government says the funding deal will lift greater Sydney’s total road maintenance funding for the next

Government, Roads, State

14 October 2025