Like Aspirin (or Good Wine)
Whew. So much going on. Today's post is going to be short and sweet. Bulk purchasing electric bikes is like taking aspirin (or having a...
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- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Project Launch in NYC: ECP
NYC is the site of a great new initiative called the Equitable Commute Project (ECP). ECP is a 3 year pilot to provide sustainable,...
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
NYT Op-Ed On Free Ebikes
The New York Times featured an Op-Ed this week about how simple and powerful an idea it is to simply give people free ebikes. The...
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
FreeBus
The city council for the City of Berkeley recently voted in favor of providing free rides on the area's bus service, AC Transit. As the...
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Best Practices
FreeBike was part of a call the other day with a dozen or so people who are running various public ebike programs. Overall, the takeaways...
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
Bloomberg on Bike Libraries
Bloomberg's CityLab publication has a nice story this week about bike libraries. They point out that ebikes are super-useful vehicles,...
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
A Lot of Money
The map above shows bicycle lanes across Europe. In the Netherlands (you can identify it on the map, even without borders drawn in), many...
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
"Supply Chain" is not a 4-letter word
Tldr; group buying of light electric vehicles means getting vehicles (and spare parts!) from around the world, and the great news is that...
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Quality Vehicles
The quality of the ebikes and escooters available in the marketplace today is seriously impressive. The progress over the past decade,...
- Sep 5, 2021
- 2 min
Keep EVs Earth-Friendly
If you close your eyes, electric vehicles can seem like magic. Quiet, smooth, and with no tailpipe, they're better than gas vehicles in...
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
Not Bikeshare: Reason #27 - Insurance
FreeBike helps groups buy light electric vehicles in bulk. FreeBike also helps those groups deploy those vehicles to users in long-term...
- Jul 25, 2021
- 3 min
Upgrading to a longer-term relationship
Ok, this is a really important blog. This is a blog about relationships, aka the foundation of life on our planet. A few years ago,...
- Jul 18, 2021
- 2 min
Launching The Hub NYC for delivery workers
FreeBike is happy to report the opening of The Hub NYC, a center for supporting cargo delivery riders in New York City. The Hub offers...
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Visualize Transit Equity
If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. Well, as of today, in half a dozen large metro areas in the US, it is possible to very...
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
Marching On Two Wheels
A major city on the West Coast recently did a community needs assessment regarding transportation, trying to understand where new bike...
- Jun 22, 2021
- 3 min
When is a bicycle a ladder?
Building blocks. Ladders. Bootstraps. Shoulders to stand on. When we talk about making a better life, one way or another we talk about...
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
How To Avoid A Battery Shortage (Hint: More E-Bikes, Not Electric Cars)
The world is in the midst of a beautiful transition, away from moving by burning oil, to moving by letting electrons flow. Those...
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Unscheduled joy
The 'free' in FreeBike is about freedom. Freedom to go whenever and wherever you want. That type of freedom is essential, because going...
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
Better service, and lower costs
Oooh, the debates are RAGING!! Make public transit rides free, but with lower service levels? Or increase fares, to try to improve...
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
Starting Small, Thinking Big
FreeBike is in the business of planting seeds. There is no doubt that buying wholesale ebikes, and lending them to people at low or...