Clive Thompson on Nostr: Also of note: The city offered bigger subsidies to income-qualified residents -- i.e. ...
Also of note:
The city offered bigger subsidies to income-qualified residents -- i.e. if you were in a lower income bracket you'd get more dough, covering nearly all the price of a bike
And this, too, seems to have had a powerful impact on mobility ...
.... because the income-qualified folks rode their bikes 10 miles more per week than other riders
Which makes sense: Lower-income neighborhoods have crappier public transit and less car ownership
ebikes can be even more transformative there
The city offered bigger subsidies to income-qualified residents -- i.e. if you were in a lower income bracket you'd get more dough, covering nearly all the price of a bike
And this, too, seems to have had a powerful impact on mobility ...
.... because the income-qualified folks rode their bikes 10 miles more per week than other riders
Which makes sense: Lower-income neighborhoods have crappier public transit and less car ownership
ebikes can be even more transformative there