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Charlotte volunteers use people-powered "Pebbles" to sweep litter from bike lanes
Summary
A volunteer-led, people-powered bike-lane sweeper called Pebbles, launched with more than $2,000 raised on GoFundMe, is being used in Charlotte to push glass, rocks and other debris out of bike lanes; volunteers and city recognition aim to boost safety and upkeep.
Ramos Tadros noticed bike lanes in Charlotte were "always full of glass, rocks, broken car parts, nails," and decided to act. He launched a GoFundMe and raised over $2,000 to buy a people-powered sweeper nicknamed Pebbles, which uses spinning brushes to push debris to the side of the lane.
The device is intended for volunteers to push along bike lanes. "I wanted a way to do something about it,…
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