Lime will bring out its e-bikes early this year, with the popular service returning this winter for a pilot project. Supplied/Lime Article content
Despite the crispy cold weather, Edmontonians can hop on a Lime e-bike earlier than usual this year as part of a winter pilot project.
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“Last year we had a pretty mild winter, and so what happened was Lime left out the e-bikes and e-scooters for a little bit longer than what we usually do, and during that time, we saw people were still riding. Edmontonians love to continue riding even in the winter,” said Lime’s director of government relations, Sonia Kandola.
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If you thought you saw some Lime e-bikes traversing Edmonton’s bike lanes last month, you weren’t imagining things. The micro-transportation company soft-launched its reintroduction of e-bikes in January, giving more options for mobility this winter.Kandola said Edmonton and Mississauga, Ont., are the only two Canadian cities testing the viability of winter riding, which includes some updates to the bikes.“We’ve switched out the tires on some of the vehicles with winter-riding tires. We’ve added reflective wraps to our baskets. They’re black with white snowflakes that kind of reflect in the headlights. And we sent out a lot of communications to our riders just about winter riding safety tips,” said Kandola.Lime announced on Wednesday that the bikes will be available in Edmonton along its priority-one bike paths that the city clears within the first 24 hours of a snowfall.The bikes made a brief reappearance around Jan. […]
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