Denver sees miraculous results after giving e-bike rebates to 9,000 Coloradans: 'Like Taylor Swift fans flooding Ticketmaster'

Denver sees miraculous results after giving e-bike rebates to 9,000 Coloradans: 'Like Taylor Swift fans flooding Ticketmaster'

In an encouraging sign for sustainable cities everywhere, Denver's e-bike rebate program is proving to be super successful.  It launched in 2022 with $300,000 in funding, enough to hand out about 600 rebate vouchers to residents who had purchased e-bikes. They were snapped up in record time — "like Taylor Swift fans flooding Ticketmaster," former program lead Mike Salisbury told Mother Jones. Over time, Denver expanded the initiative, ultimately…

Electric cargo bike riders exercise up to 3 times as much as non users, finds study

The post Electric cargo bike riders exercise up to 3 times as much as non users, finds study appeared first on Cycling Electric. An expansion on an electric cargo bike study that previously revealed that half of the trips ridden by owners replaced car mileage has also now concluded that users are, as a result of their increased cycle use, getting between 2.6 and 3.1 times the exercise of non-e-cargo bike riders.The Elevate Project, which worked …

Turn Any Bike into a Cargo Bike with Convoy: An Electric Assist, Self-steering Trailer

We’ve seen a number of different ways to add cargo capabilities to a regular bike, but not like this. Convoy is an impressive new cargo trailer that is launching this winter. But just calling it a trailer isn’t really fair since Convoy can also transform your bike into an ebike and steers itself. The product of a design team that includes a former engineer from Dyson, Convoy seems like a brilliant solution to carrying more by bike while also add…