FHWA E-bike Case Study Series: Using E-bikes to Expand Access and Mobility for Essential Workers in Detroit, Michigan

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bicycles
  • Trails
  • Bikeways
  • Case studies
  • Employees
  • Equity (Justice)
  • COVID-19
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HEP-23-023
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Michigan ; Detroit (Michigan)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 led to significant changes in travel and mobility patterns across the United States. Public transportation providers imposed service cuts and many shared bikes and electric scooters (e-scooters) were temporarily removed from the streets in response to public health mandates. In Detroit, these limitations on mobility were felt most acutely by frontline workers who lacked safe, affordable, and dependable transportation services to reach their jobs. Detroit’s Office of Mobility Innovation (OMI) recognized the mobility challenges facing essential workers and devised a pilot program to provide electric bicycles (e-bikes) and e-scooters to essential workers to expand access to equitable and affordable mobility across the city.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86838/dot_86838_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 412.75 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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