http://www.radio4all.net/program/114939Podcast for Program: An E-Bike Loaves and Fishes StorySat, 11 Mar 2023 09:06:36 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/114939"When I read in 2020 that Colorado ran a pilot program to give away just 13 e-bikes, I scoffed. What difference could that possibly make? Now I have to eat my bike helmet." - Wendy Ring, Cool Solutions Producer and Host. Turns out that mini-pilot laid the foundation for Denver's wildly successful e-bike program by proving that e-bikes cut car trips and emissions and that low income folks do want to ride them. Denver's program inspired a statewide program that's the largest in the US. And e, by the way, also stands for equity. The consistent emphasis on removing financial barriers to e-bikes is building a constituency to press for safe cycling infrastructure in neglected low income neighborhoods.Wendy RingSat, 11 Mar 2023 09:06:36 +0000