Recent Streetsblog USA posts about E-bikes

Santa Monica council members voted to extend its electric scooter pilot after the city recorded 2.7 million trips over a 12 month period. Image: Steve Jurvetson

Scooters are Thriving In Santa Monica: Report

By Aaron Short | Nov 15, 2019 | No Comments

Santa Monica residents are voting with their little motorized wheels.

Lyft Brings E-Bikes to SF, But Not NYC (Yet)

By Dave Colon | Nov 12, 2019 | No Comments

What are we, chopped liver?

Cities are struggling to regulate electric bikes and scooters forcing some companies to remove them from city streets.

Uber Slams Brakes on Bike Share Expansion

By Aaron Short | Sep 16, 2019 | 3 Comments

Uber is removing its fleet of electric bikes from Atlanta and San Diego this month as the company struggled with increased regulations on transportation devices in urban areas and staggering losses.

People who buy e-bikes should get a tax credit! Photo: People for Bikes

France Will Subsidize E-Bike Buyers — But U.S. Won’t

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 16, 2019 | 7 Comments

In the U.S., federal tax breaks that can knock up to $7,500 off the cost of a new electric vehicle have been available to car drivers for years, but those hoping to upgrade their old 10-speed to an e-bike have always had to pay full boat.

E-scooters are providing another option to Chicagoans not served by transit or with little access to bike share stations like the one above.

Scooters Quenching Thirst in Chicago’s Transit Deserts

By Aaron Short | Aug 20, 2019 | No Comments

An pilot program shows that the devices are popular in low-income neighborhoods where transit is scarce.

A scooter ban in Nashville could have implications for crackdowns in other cities.

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Scoot Over: Nashville Unplugs E-Scooters

By Aaron Short | Jun 27, 2019 | 13 Comments

Baby, meet bathwater: Nashville Mayor David Briley is moving to end his city's e-scooter program after a scooter rider was killed by a car driver last month.

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