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Here, I think since ebike have become affordable I've seen a lot more people on bikes. Living near a major bike route, t's not uncommon to see groups of people who, being uncharitable, I think would never go on a bike normally, riding for enjoyment, to get to friends places etc. My boss leaves his car behind and rides to work in all weathers with the exception of deep winter as he's had some crashes previous years.
That said, even though our building has showers and changing rooms, they only designed it to have 3 lockers so you need to take sweaty kit with you into the office. Strangely, they have about 20 spaces on the bike rack..
There's a question to be asked about sustainability/maintainability of ebikes but I think they're a net positive.
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I'm conflicted on ebikes. I don't like that they don't require any real physical effort and they are sub optimal from a sustainability pov. But the infrastructure they need is the same as for regular bikes so we might get improved infrastructure quicker if e-bike use increases and if they do replace car use then that's worthwhile. Surprisingly decent video by the FT even includes comments about how cities should be for humans not cars and how the era of motor car dominance will hopefully be seen as a blip in history.
https://youtu.be/_GOSzFc0_GQ