5 Reasons Why Cities Should Embrace Electric Bikes

Last Updated on 2 years ago by Nicky Johnson

Riding a bike is an exhilarating experience—the freedom of going to places with just the power of your thigh and legs brings about a positive experience for every bicycle rider. 

But as technology constantly updates and innovates, riding a bike nowadays can be compared to having a motorcycle. The catch is, that you’d still have your two pedals to go forward if you happen to run out of battery juice. 

But why should cities embrace the electric bike, and what benefits will these cities reap if they transition from conventional fossil-fueled cars and motorcycles to electric bikes? 

Here are 5 reasons why cities should embrace the practicality and eco-friendliness of electric bikes: 

Why Cities Should Embrace Electric Bikes

Electric Bikes Create Healthy Citizens 

Yes, you’ve heard it right. E-bikes create healthy citizens, but you might ask “how?” since e-bikes are powered by electricity and not by the mechanical action of pedaling. According to many e-bike websites, e-bikers have considerable physical gains similar to cyclists 

While e-bikers don’t pedal as much as cyclists do, they travel way longer and further, which compensates for the lack of manual pedaling while traveling. 

Electric bikes are also seen as a good predictor of good health. Numerous companies reported that employees who use e-bikes to work have fewer sick days than their sedentary counterparts. 

Electric Bikes Are Eco-Friendly

E-bikes are eco-friendly because they use electricity stored in a battery than motorcycles that burn fossil fuel to power their engine. 

Some e-bikes can also be charged through renewable means such as solar energy from solar panels. You need to have a bit of knowledge of electricity though. 

In fact, e-bikes are at the forefront of a climate revolution together with electric cars to effectively minimize the impact of climate change and global warming.

Not to mention, e-bikes don’t release smoke into the air, which means you get to enjoy a guilt-free, eco-friendly ride while people around you enjoy the fresh air. It sounds like a win-win situation, right? 

Electric Bikes Don’t Contribute to Noise Pollution.

Let’s face it, cities are notoriously noisy. From the roaring of the engines of trucks and buses, the constant beeping of cars in a line of traffic, and the screeching of tires—city roads are just plain noisy. 

Add to the fact that bustling cities have many people, and we all know that crowded areas are noisy areas, right? So a noisy road and noisy crowd equal a noisy city. 

The good thing is that e-bikes don’t contribute to city noise pollution as they’re whisper-quiet, much like their mechanically-powered counterparts. 

The only noise you’ll hear from your e-bike is probably the whirring of its motor and some noise from the friction of the city road and your wheels. 

And if many people use e-bikes within a city, residents and road users alike would certainly be able to enjoy a low-noise environment. 

Electric Bikes Can Improve City Traffic 

The traffic dilemma is fairly simple to understand but hard to solve—that is, the number of vehicles on the road is beyond the actual capacity the roads can hold. Simply put, too many vehicles are on the road, which causes traffic. 

That’s why cities with efficient public transportation methods have low traffic since fewer vehicles are plying the road. 

Furthermore, vehicles are big and long, while an e-bike is too small, it can pass through a regular house door. Therefore, if people who use their cars started e-biking, more space would be present on the road, which significantly eases city traffic. 

Imagine this: there’s a road with ten cars with one person inside each car, while the road parallel to it has 30 e-bikers. The question is, which road will have heavy traffic? We guess you already know the answer. 

Electric Bikes Are City-Friendly 

Think about it, a single-vehicle parking slot can potentially park up to 10 e-bikes. And if 1 out of 10 commuters started switching from using their cars to e-bikes, they can potentially save up to 2 billion gallons of gas in a year! 

Carbon dioxide emissions can also be reduced by several million tons if cities make the change from fossil-fuel vehicles to e-bikes. So, are these e-bike qualities city-friendly? Certainly. 

If cities want to transition to smart cities, switching to e-bikes is probably one of the important steps to achieving an eco-friendly society where nature and technology co-exist in harmony. 

Conclusion

In summary, cities should definitely embrace e-bikes and transition to cleaner and eco-friendly modes of transportation. The major benefits of using e-bikes will be stepping stones for regular cities to achieve a smart city status where people are healthy and happy! Happy e-biking!

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