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EBR recently catalogued great examples of cycle infrastructure from around the world and the Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway received a brief mention.
This leading example of cycle infrastructure recently clocked up it’s one millionth cycle trip since it opened in 2016.
I recently rode the whole length of the cycle superhighway, much of it on an innovative bamboo-framed e-bike from German company My Boo. [Read more…]
E-bikes are bounding ahead in many parts of the world.
In the Netherlands 2018 saw a truly significant benchmark when more new e-bikes were bought than regular non-assisted bikes.
E-bikes are also a large part of German bike sales with many other European countries increasing e-bike sales rapidly.
In the leading European countries we are beginning to see industry bodies and the public regard e-bikes as ‘the new normal’ when talking about bikes in general.
China has taken a different route to popularising e-bikes but they are still massively popular.
The 200 million or so e-bikes on the roads there were adopted because Chinese e-bikes proved [Read more…]
-By Richard Shrubb
Could Electric Bikes Help Tackle Cities’ Pollution Problems?
Following the 2018 National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) National Electric Bike Owner Survey, lead author John MacArthur wanted to see if this was the case.
Published in May this year the white paper, MacArthur showed that e-bikes could remove 900 metric tonnes of greenhouse gases from Portland OR’s atmosphere every day.
In his previous research, MacArthur had seen that a significant number of e-bike trips would have previously been done by car thanks to a range of factors including age and mobility issues of those riding them, and the fact that riding an e-bike people will often travel double the distance they would a traditional bike. [Read more…]
-By Richard Shrubb
For all the publicity about their advantages, e-bikes are very much in the hands of early adopters in the US today.
Michael McQueen and John MacArthur of the Transportation Research and Education Center at Portland State University saw that e-bike buying incentive programs have the ability to get people to buy and use them.
They published a white paper in May this year highlighting and assessing the different incentive programs used both in the US and around the world. [Read more…]
The momentum is building.
There is a big revolution in the way we get around and it is blending some of the traditional forms of transport with the latest in technology to create very efficient ways of getting around.
What is really interesting is how these combined forms of “light” transportation all have an interest in more infrastructure that is safer for riding & walking.
At Electric Bike Report we focus on electric bikes and they are a great fit to cover many types of trips but they are just part of this overall light form of transportation.
There are many other forms of transport becoming available to get us from point A to B and then to C and D and beyond. [Read more…]
-By Brant Huddleston
“Did you see it?” I asked my new friends from Canada. “Did you see the electric vortex open?”
Jim and Cheryl are from Calgary, parents of three and grandparents of five.
Jim retired from the oil industry, and we had just finished a tour of several hours on Pedego electric bikes.
Now we were debriefing our experience over beers and tacos at an outdoor cafe in Washington DC.
The day was dry, warm and sunny…perfect for a bike ride…and as it turns out, also perfect for the eVortex to appear.
Our tour group included me, the two of them, another older couple from New Zealand, two younger German guys from Berlin, and Emily — our cheerful and knowledgeable guide from DC Insider Tours. [Read more…]
-By Richard Shrubb
On the 10th of September the UK government Office for Low Emission Vehicles announced that it would make £2 million ($2.5m) available to support the growth in use of e-cargo-bikes in logistics.
The Office for Low Emission Vehicles said, “The funding will help pave the way for the nimble electric delivery vehicles to replace older, polluting vans – helping to improve the environment and reduce congestion.”
Jesse Norman, Minister for Low Emission Vehicles said “Support for e-cargo bikes will help to ensure that Britain leads the way in the development and deployment of the technologies of the future. Encouraging electric delivery bikes on to our city streets will cut traffic and improve air quality, and will show how these vehicles have the potential to play an important role in the zero emission future of this country.” [Read more…]
A new world record for the largest eBike group ride was set at 406 ebikers in Seattle on September 15!
The previous record was set with 271 riders.
Cascade Bicycle Club with Rad Power Bikes hosted the event that also included an eBike expo.
The ride was a 2 mile circuit around Magneson Park which is the also the location of Cascade Bicycle Club’s headquarters. [Read more…]
Guest post
The SunPedal Ride is a project to raise awareness towards increasing the use of electric mobility and solar energy – a sustainability initiative.
This project was started by Sushil Reddy, who held a Guinness World Record for the longest journey on an electric bike in India in 2016.
The idea of this project was born with the motivation to raise awareness among the people in India about clean energy and transportation ensuring sustainability.
The project involves impact and outreach driven tours on solar powered electric bikes across the world while interacting with people throughout the journey.
During his rides, Sushil encourages people to use renewable energy, highlights the importance of sustainable solar energy and electric transportation, including global trends of solar energy, and how people can integrate solar energy into their lives.
This is done via personal interactions, seminars & presentations, demos of solar products and media outreach. [Read more…]
By Richard Schrubb
Cities and countries around the world are facing a dual problem: their transport infrastructure is becoming congested and that is causing pollution that in turn poisons the population and is adding to humanity’s contribution to climate change.
One solution has been to encourage businesses and the general public to use electric cars, vans and trucks.
Overall the take-up has been encouraging with growing numbers going electric both in logistics and among private individuals.
Though this is helping clean up cities’ air and may well be reducing global carbon emissions to some extent, electric car, truck and van subsidies are not reducing congestion that is one of the major factors behind cities’ bad air.
Could subsidising e-bikes be the answer to this issue? [Read more…]
