Free e-bike scheme completely books out within hours of launch
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA new scheme providing e-bikes to Manchester for free has been booked up within hours of launching. The project, called ‘Cycling made e-asy’, launched last Thursday (May 12) with the promise of bringing e-bikes to the Mancunian masses.
It includes e-cargo bikes and adapted e-cycles for those with access needs. Now, just a few days after the launch, it’s completely sold out.
More than 110 bookings were made in Manchester within two hours, making it nearly a bike a minute. READ MORE: Dad tells judges he's 'too broke to afford taxis' but refuses to sell his £37k luxury car “The fact that we’ve had such a strong interest in Cycling made e-asy is a testament to the appetite for e-cycles in Manchester,” Sarah Mitchell, Cycling UK’s chief executive said. “This unique scheme gives participants free loans of e-cycles and will remove many perceived barriers, which may have otherwise held them back.
We hope that this helps them to make changes to their travel habits." Some £8 million of Depart for Transport funding was given to the project to make it happen, as part of a push to get more people on the pedals this year and next.
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