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Seems pie in the sky to get adoption of e-bikes in places like my home state of Texas. Our city has e-bikes for rent all along the city biking system, very che
by heyflyguy 7y ago
Seems pie in the sky to get adoption of e-bikes in places like my home state of Texas. Our city has e-bikes for rent all along the city biking system, very cheap too!
These bikes are available for rent nearly all of the time, except for when we close down a few streets for the spring fair. So, adoption isn't going to happen very fast in places where there is no appetite. We have cheap gas here and A/C in our cars.
- big_chungus 7y agoYou're right that A/C and heat is a big factor; forget being able to shower there, no one likes exercising in one hundred ten-degree heat. Distance is a problem too, though: in cities lots of people commute 40+ miles to work each way, which isn't really feasible by bike. Thinking about when I got started working as hourly, I would never have spent two or three times the time because that would have a serious opportunity cost, so probably never an option for hourly workers.
- wffurr 7y agoe-bikes help substantially with heat. Less effort for the same speed means more wind and less sweating. No one is proposing e-bikes for 40+ mile commutes. That can only be replaced by commuter rail and in-fill housing. Half of all car trips are less than 15 miles and a lot of those could be replaced with e-bikes.