Dec 14, 20211 minLike 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...
Dec 1, 20211 minProject Launch in NYC: ECPNYC 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, 20211 minNYT Op-Ed On Free EbikesThe 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, 20212 minFreeBusThe 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, 20211 minBest PracticesFreeBike 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, 20211 minBloomberg on Bike LibrariesBloomberg's CityLab publication has a nice story this week about bike libraries. They point out that ebikes are super-useful vehicles,...
Oct 10, 20212 minA Lot of MoneyThe 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, 20211 min"Supply Chain" is not a 4-letter wordTldr; group buying of light electric vehicles means getting vehicles (and spare parts!) from around the world, and the great news is that...
Sep 20, 20212 minQuality VehiclesThe quality of the ebikes and escooters available in the marketplace today is seriously impressive. The progress over the past decade,...
Sep 5, 20212 minKeep EVs Earth-FriendlyIf 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, 20212 minNot Bikeshare: Reason #27 - InsuranceFreeBike helps groups buy light electric vehicles in bulk. FreeBike also helps those groups deploy those vehicles to users in long-term...
Jul 25, 20213 minUpgrading to a longer-term relationshipOk, 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, 20212 minLaunching The Hub NYC for delivery workersFreeBike 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, 20212 minVisualize Transit EquityIf 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, 20212 minMarching On Two WheelsA major city on the West Coast recently did a community needs assessment regarding transportation, trying to understand where new bike...
Jun 22, 20213 minWhen 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, 20213 minHow 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, 20212 minUnscheduled joyThe 'free' in FreeBike is about freedom. Freedom to go whenever and wherever you want. That type of freedom is essential, because going...
Jun 3, 20212 minBetter service, and lower costsOooh, the debates are RAGING!! Make public transit rides free, but with lower service levels? Or increase fares, to try to improve...
May 26, 20212 minStarting Small, Thinking BigFreeBike is in the business of planting seeds. There is no doubt that buying wholesale ebikes, and lending them to people at low or...