Source: Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com
Electric bikes are the fastest-growing segment of bicycle sales worldwide and, according to an expert on urban mobility, that could be a boon for local cycling, as many of those who buy electric bicycles are new to cycling.
Christopher Cherry, a professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Tennessee and an expert in active transportation has been studying so-called e-bikes for several years now. He’ll be giving a presentation next Thursday as part of Vélo Québec’s Go Bike MTL festival <www.velo.qc.ca/en/govelo/operation-bike-to-work>. Ahead of that presentation he sat down for an interview with the Montreal Gazette. Here is a transcript of that interview, edited for length …
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