Can e-bikes solve our transit challenges?

VINCENT TEETSOV

As the local saying goes, “Toronto is an hour from Toronto.”

With millions of Torontonians needing to get to work, run errands, and take part in recreational activities with similar daily schedules, dense traffic forms, slowing down our journeys from place to place.

According to the TomTom Traffic Index, in January 2020, it took drivers in Toronto 33% longer to travel to their destinations due to traffic, compared to the same trips with clear road conditions. At this point before the pandemic, Toronto had the second worst level of congestion in Canada after Vancouver.

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On the left, the Juna e-bike from Ampler Bikes (photo: amplerbikes.com) and on the right, one of Veemo’s e-bikes.

Photo: veemo.ca