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I have been a bike commuter (half hour one way) off and on for the last 10 years, and e-bikes do not solve the real issues I have: safety, especially at night,

I have been a bike commuter (half hour one way) off and on for the last 10 years, and e-bikes do not solve the real issues I have: safety, especially at night, or in rainy or icy weather, which I have a lot of (but, yes, on some of those hot days, an e-assist would be pretty nice to have).

giraffe_lady 4y ago
The main safety problems for me are infrastructure and cultural. If ebikes become popular then hopefully that will provide more pressure for better bike infrastructure, and increase driver awareness. Neither is a quick or guaranteed process, but the benefit should apply even to normal bike users. The weather thing yeah I don't see how it's going to help. If they drastically increase ridership, then I guess it could make high quality winter gear more practical and affordable? I'm not really expecting anything on that front though.