Rise of the e-machines!

Au risque de donner une attaque d'apoplexie aux purs et durs de la petite reine, un vrai cycliste pédale sa bécane à reculons en montant le Mont Ventoux, voici une excellente initiative de la Hollande (et oui, LA Hollande)

E-bike incentives get employees out of their cars (The Netherlands)

In April, the City Region of Arnhem-Nijmegen subsidised the purchase of 650 e-bikes. Those who bought an e-bike now travel 62% less car kilometres.

From April 2012, employees in Arnhem-Nijmegen received a 30% discount on the purchase of an e-bike, up to €600. The offer was only valid for employees of companies who joined the “Offensief Bereikbaarheid”, a cooperative of local governments and employers. The e-bike initiative convinced another 10 companies to join the cooperative, bringing the total number of members to 120.

More than half of the participating employees said they would not have bought an e-bike if it were not for the incentive. Before the start of the subsidy, 62% of these employees travelled to work by car. After buying their e-bikes, only 6% commuted by car. 84% of participants usually use their e-bike for the commute.

Participants now travel 62% less car kilometres than before the purchase of their e-bikes. This accounts for 1.8 million car kilometres per year.

Avec l'urbanisation galopante, l'étalement urbain, tolérée par nos zurbanistes, les travailleurs sont de plus en plus éloignés de leur travail.  Malheureusement, les transports collectifs au Québec peinent grandement à offrir un service de qualité 24 heures sur 24.  L'utilisation des vélos assistés électriques est une solution viable pour réduire la congestion, les émanations de polluants, les accidents, etc.  Et plusieurs pourraient prendre goût à pédaler de temps en temps. 


(source: Eltis)

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