Cost of living
Pay less to get around
Twenty miles a day: about $100 a month of gas. On an e-bike, $1.50. Parking is free.
A $1,700 e-bike for societal inequality, climate change, and taking power back from the federal government.
Cost of living
Twenty miles a day: about $100 a month of gas. On an e-bike, $1.50. Parking is free.
Equity
The poorest fifth of households spend about 31% of their income getting around. The richest fifth spend about 10%. An e-bike is $1,700 and a wall outlet.
Housing
Drop a car and keep about $10,000 a year. A bike needs a rack, not a parking space.
The war and the tariffs
War and tariffs make gas expensive. Those trips stop paying that price.
Climate
About 30% of U.S. climate pollution. The trips you move off the car are the part you can cut this week. More in Green Manhattan.
Health care
A New York study put bike lanes at about $1,300 per extra year of healthy life — cheaper than most medical care. The e-bike is how you use the lane.
Air
The EPA says kids near busy roads face more asthma. An e-bike has no tailpipe.
Livable streets
Quieter. Less of the street. Time you get back.