as their primary transportation, an electric-assist bicycle can mitigate these barriers. Electric bicycles can also make people more comfort- able on and with a bicycle, as well as
encouraging more trips by bicycle. The pilot program and subse-
quent outreach shows that there is an inherent interest in elec- tric bikes and we encourage other
communities to consider similar programs. Electric bicycles can increase biking in urban areas because they provide electric power assistance, which can address the limits of trip distance, physical abil- ity, and terrain. Because of this, electric bicycles and bike sharing programs are a great solution to the growing demands of urban and smart cities. As a next step, Drive Oregon plans
on seeing how electric bicycles, par- ticularly electric bicycle share pro- grams, can increase EV adoption in low-income communities. Our own pilot was limited by the demograph- ics making up Kaiser’s employees. As a result, 88 per cent had a house- hold income over US$50,000 (and 48 per cent over US$100,000). While we expect the barriers for low-income communities to be similar to those found in the Kaiser study, an addi- tional pilot may uncover additional concerns, such as electric bicycle cost, safe electric bicycle storage and overall community safety.
REFERENCE
1 O. Poblacion, Oregon Public Radio,
http://www.opb.org/news/article/ closing-the-gender-gap-for-bicy- cling-women, accessed on 22 March 2016; and B. McKenzie, Modes Less Traveled—Bicycling and Walking to Work in the United States: 2008-2012, United States Census Bureau, 2014 2 MacArthur, John et., Evaluation of an Electric Bike Pilot Project at Three Employment Campuses in Portland, Oregon, 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 10-14 January 2016 3 Bike Solar Oakland, http://
www.bikesolaroakland.com, accessed on 10 March 2016
FYI
Zach Henkin is Program Director at Drive Oregon
zach@driveoregon.org www.driveoregon.org
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