[Not_Who_U_Think]

These are all pretty flat cities (although not sure about Bern) which makes a bicycle very practical for most people, and that’s key. But with the adoption of electric bikes cycling becomes practical even in cities with rolling hills. At least when the weather is good. Too bad they blew the $700 tax credit for electric out of the recent bill... although like the car companies the bike sellers would have just raised their price to compensate.

[zeestephen]

As a life long runner and a car-less pedestrian living in an urban area for the last 20 years, I find the electric bike craze to be terrifying.

Many of those Rad-style bikes weigh at least thirty pounds, and kids silently pass me from the rear, on the sidewalk, going at least 25 mph.

I have to believe those bikes cause pedestrian fatalities and permanent injuries every week!