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Dobbs Ferry trustees weigh continuing Project Mover e-bike pilot as costs, data gaps remain
Summary
At a Jan. 2026 workshop, the Dobbs Ferry Board of Trustees discussed continuing the Project Mover docked e-bike pilot after limited winterized data and new cost estimates (an annual consortium range of $30,000–$60,000 were discussed; a short-term allocation of ~$8,000–$15,000 was flagged for the village’s upcoming fiscal year).
Dobbs Ferry trustees spent a large portion of their Jan. workshop weighing whether to continue Project Moverthe docked e-bike program that operated in summer and was removed for winter storageas uncertainty over costs and limited usage data left the village with questions about value and administrative burden.
A board member who summarized a recent multi-stakeholder call said stations were installed and made operational in early July and removed in December, leaving roughly three months of usable data. "Usage of them sort of went down once it got chilly in October," the speaker said, and reported that nearly 1,000 trips in the brief deployment window included as much as 70% of trips between Gould Park and the train station during commute periods.
Why it matters: that pattern suggests the pilot primarily served short commuter trips rather than broad neighborhood adoption, complicating assessments of whether the program reduces traffic or parking pressure villagewide. The same presenter noted the…
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