WASHINGTON — If you’ve always wanted to make the switch to a bike commute, but a daunting uphill ride has held you back, you’re in luck. Shared electric bicycles are coming to D.C. on Monday, Sept. 25.
Brooklyn-based bike-share company Social Bicycles Inc. is bringing the “smart e-bikes” to the District as part of the JUMP DC program.
Each e-bike has a 250-watt electric motor that can boost riders with a maximum speed of 19 mph. Bikes also have GPS to help locate them and integrated U-locks.
“We’re excited to give people in D.C. a fun, new option for getting around,” said Ryan Rzepecki, CEO and founder of Social Bicycles/JUMP Mobility, in a news release Thursday.
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The last time ride sharing of bikes was tried in Baltimore, most of them were Stolen. Let's wish D.C. better luck.
ReplyDeleteWill these be the new dirt bikes for dirt bags?
ReplyDeleteDC already has a bike sharing program and it works great.
ReplyDeleteWill they have to be registered like the, self propelled, scooters / mopeds? Will the riders have to have a special designation on their license since it is electric / gas powered?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't do biking in the city for the same reason I no longer own a convertible ....thugs will cut you if they want something you have. I carried mace for the occasions I accidently was caught in a neighborhood that was questionable.
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