Find out why it's crucial for reports to focus on the potential of e-bikes.

According to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 60% of trips are less than six miles, and three-quarters of all trips are less than 10 miles. We have noted before that this is the fastest ride to zero-carbon; almost anyone can ride an e-bike for six miles under almost any conditions. If there were safe places to ride and secure places to park, then millions of car trips could be avoided, and millions of cars taken off the road. If only e-bikes weren’t totally ignored.

  • krismitka@fedia.io
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    1 year ago

    2 miles to the grocery store. No way I would ride a bike along that road. Alternative path is 5 miles up and down rolling hills, also a narrow road.

    E-bikes aren’t being ignored; they are being excluded by the current infrastructure.

    • Tangentism@fedia.io
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      1 year ago

      People are being ignore by infrastructure planning. There are very few places where urban design is not car-centric.