Prices
Keep more of your money
Those trips: about $100 a month in gas. On an e-bike, $1.50. Drop an extra car and keep about $10,000 a year.
A $1,700 e-bike you own with no new government programs, stronger local businesses, and less dependence on foreign oil.
Prices
Those trips: about $100 a month in gas. On an e-bike, $1.50. Drop an extra car and keep about $10,000 a year.
Waste
$1,700. You buy it. No rebate, no agency.
Freedom
No dealer. No insurance company. No subscription.
Family
A teenager on an e-bike may mean no extra $13,000-a-year car. Kids on bikes also learn the neighborhood.
Energy
Gasoline is a world market. The bike runs on American electricity.
Fitness
The CDC wants 150 minutes a week. A 30-minute ride, five days a week, is that.
Main Street
NYC DOT found bigger retail-sales gains on streets with bike lanes. Local shops live on people who get out.
Crime
People on bikes are on the block. They see what is going on. That is neighbors looking out for each other.