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Paris’ Bet on E-Bikes
- troydavis 7y ago"Paris has been one of the first french cities to introduce a grant for e-bike (and cargo-bike) purchase in 2009. Any Parisian can now get up to 33% of the bike price (limited to 400€ for an e-bike, 600€ for a cargo-bike)." … "Ile-de-France Mobilités launched its long-term e-bike rental service Véligo, with a fleet of 10,000 e-bikes available for the people of the Métropole. For 40€/month, one can get access to a high-end e-bike, with maintenance included."
- peter_d_sherman 7y agoHi Troy, you beat me to quoting exactly what you quoted! (well, the part about Paris!) <g>. It's a brilliant idea to give grants for eBike purchases, and I hope that other governments and municipalities will follow suit, and duplicate what Paris has done. It would help save a lot of CO2 for the world, not to mention fossil fuels and car traffic...