A single car no longer sufficed. Kevin Driscoll, his wife, and their young daughter needed another way to get around. But instead of a second car, they chose a different set of wheels.
“I debated a long time on getting an e-bike because it was kind of a big purchase,” says Driscoll, an associate professor at the University of Virginia. But he met friends who’d been using their battery-powered, motor-assisted bikes to zip around town. They knew mechanics at a local shop who could service those bikes. “That gave me a lot of confidence about buying it.” And when Driscoll heard about a cargo bike for sale—at the time, an ideal configuration for carrying his daughter—he took the plunge.
Roughly two years later, Driscoll has no regrets. “It’s genuinely more fun to ride the e-bike to do something than to ride in the car.”…