Can These Self-Charging E-Bike Libraries Bring Mobility to Low-Income Communities?
- Date: 10/01/2024
Buying an e-bike is expensive. Starting last year, a local startup is providing low-cost, self-charging e-bike libraries to low-income communities…
Income-qualified Santa Monica residents are one step closer to an opportunity to receive up to $2,000 toward a new e-bike, thanks to a grant-funded City voucher program highlighted Tuesday to the City Council.
The Office of Sustainability and the Environment is applying for $157,000 in funding from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program to provide approximately 75 vouchers to income-qualifying households. If the grant application is successful, the City anticipates funding in early 2024 and, after a community outreach period, the vouchers would be distributed via an estimated three lotteries taking place in spring 2024.
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