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City launches CEC‑funded e‑bike pilot for app‑based delivery workers

San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission · May 20, 2022
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San Francisco’s Department of the Environment will launch an e‑bike pilot for app‑based delivery workers after receiving a $2.4 million California Energy Commission award; the pilot’s $559,000 allocation funds two cohorts (30 workers), 35 bikes (5 spares), training, gear and evaluation metrics.

The San Francisco Department of the Environment presented details on a new electric‑bicycle pilot for app‑based delivery workers, funded in part by a $2.4 million grant from the California Energy Commission.

Lowell Chu said the grant supports four major elements — an online EV mapping tool, an EV ombudsperson, a charging hub in a disadvantaged community and the e‑bike pilot itself — and that the pilot’s allocated budget within the grant is $559,000. Under the pilot, two cohorts totaling 30 workers will participate; the program will deploy 35 e‑bikes (including five held in…

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