Pedal-powered B-Line adds Biketown battery swapping to its urban cargo business
They now have a claim to lower-carbon fame in the e-scooter and e-bike battery swapping business.
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They now have a claim to lower-carbon fame in the e-scooter and e-bike battery swapping business.
A golden opportunity to right-size last-mile freight delivery in the urban core.
Listen to a tour of the warehouse and go out on a delivery to a local market.
“It’s really cool that a big company like that was like, ‘yeah, this makes sense.’ It just validates what we’re doing.” – Phillip Ross, B-Line Urban Delivery This just in from the worlds of micromobility and urban freight delivery… Electric scooter company Lime has inked a deal with Portland’s B-Line Urban Delivery to decarbonize their … Read more
Portland-based B-Line has stood the test of time. And they also stand as an excellent illustration of how pedal-powered cargo trikes can have a positive, climate-friendly impact on urban freight delivery. In 2020, the B-Line crew pedaled their fleet of electric-assisted trikes a total of 573,160 miles. That’s just one of the eye-popping stats in … Read more
“The bicycle may be making a comeback.”
A welcome maturation of our cargo bike economy.
We need more of these.
Portland’s biggest trike-based urban cargo company is about to get bigger.
Why drive when you can pedal?
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