ODOT has added e-bike charging outlets to Oregon’s portion of ‘West Coast Electric Highway’
(Images of Tuesday’s press event in Woodburn provided by ODOT. Click for full image and captions.)
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ODOT says they won’t ignore e-bikes with $100 million EV charging investment
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
A local e-bike rider has found a way to juice-up at EV charging stations built for cars
Parsing the ‘electric cars won’t save us’ debate
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ODOT eyes $52 million for EV infrastructure, with a notable nod to e-bikes
(Photos of bike charging station at OMSI by Shawne Martinez)
Oregon e-bike advocacy group looks to host rides to educate policymakers
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Oregon is home to many electric bike businesses and believers. But so far, the revolutionary vehicles have failed to crack into the mainstream political discourse. Now a group of e-bike advocates will take concrete steps to change that by getting legislators and policymakers into the saddle.
Electric Bikes For All (EB4A) is a group that’s been meeting since 2019. It started informally thanks to leadership from Joseph Wachunas, program manager for Forth, a nonprofit working to boost electric vehicle use and policy in Oregon. Wachunas shared with BikePortland that EB4A first got together to plan an electric bike expo event. Portland hosted a successful e-bike expo in 2016, but it was cancelled in 2017 when “solar eclipse mania” swept the region and organizers had trouble finding necessary equipment to host the event.
E-bikes not represented in statewide ‘transportation electrification’ project
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)