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"type": "entry",
"author": {
"name": "Jared White",
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"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250325/targeted-ebike-rebates",
"published": "2025-03-25T23:47:41-07:00",
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/25/bike-ny-is-seeking-to-build-the-perfect-e-bike-subsidy-program-for-nyc\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>Studies show that e-bikes are effective in reducing the amount of miles driven in cars, since, according to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, more than half of all trips in the United States are less than three miles \u2014 the ideal jaunt on an e-bike. But car owners often default to making car trips because the vehicle is right outside.</p>\n\n<p>But a different economic incentive could change that, said Ryan Birkicht, the communications director of People For Bikes.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>This is neat idea: offering rebates to help subsidize <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/micromobility\">#micromobility</a> purchases in order to replace trips by car in specific regions/neighborhoods. (Obviously my preference would be to offer broad subsidies at high levels of city or state governments. But programs like this are certainly far better than nothing!)</p>",
"text": "Studies show that e-bikes are effective in reducing the amount of miles driven in cars, since, according to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, more than half of all trips in the United States are less than three miles \u2014 the ideal jaunt on an e-bike. But car owners often default to making car trips because the vehicle is right outside.\n\nBut a different economic incentive could change that, said Ryan Birkicht, the communications director of People For Bikes.\n\n\n\nThis is neat idea: offering rebates to help subsidize #micromobility purchases in order to replace trips by car in specific regions/neighborhoods. (Obviously my preference would be to offer broad subsidies at high levels of city or state governments. But programs like this are certainly far better than nothing!)"
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"name": "Link: Incentivizing E-bikes in the Places Where They are Needed",
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"author": {
"name": "Jared White",
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},
"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250324/bernie-aoc",
"published": "2025-03-24T19:27:41-07:00",
"content": {
"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://youtu.be/njwEDpUv2W0\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>\u201cI like the idea of [a Bernie/AOC ticket]. They\u2019re very good at pushing agendas through that I think moves the needle towards where it kind of should go\u2026\u201d</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Nobody does person-on-the-street interviews like Don Lemon. He\u2019s just great at this stuff, and honestly that was the first clue I got back in October/early November 2024 that something was off about the Harris campaign. Don Lemon\u2019s interviews picked up on a thread of the zeitgeist I wasn\u2019t seeing anywhere else.</p>\n\n<p>Lately he\u2019s been out asking lots of folks what they think about Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the responses have been fascinating. It\u2019s incredibly apparent that they are tapping into a wing of the Democratic Party base which has been <em>supremely frustrated</em> over the past couple of years. We desperately need an energetic, youth-focused, <strong>center-left populist movement</strong> in American <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/politics\">#politics</a> and the Dems would be wise to stop taking this demographic for granted. It\u2019s the kind of mojo the party needs in full force right now.</p>",
"text": "\u201cI like the idea of [a Bernie/AOC ticket]. They\u2019re very good at pushing agendas through that I think moves the needle towards where it kind of should go\u2026\u201d\n\n\n\nNobody does person-on-the-street interviews like Don Lemon. He\u2019s just great at this stuff, and honestly that was the first clue I got back in October/early November 2024 that something was off about the Harris campaign. Don Lemon\u2019s interviews picked up on a thread of the zeitgeist I wasn\u2019t seeing anywhere else.\n\nLately he\u2019s been out asking lots of folks what they think about Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the responses have been fascinating. It\u2019s incredibly apparent that they are tapping into a wing of the Democratic Party base which has been supremely frustrated over the past couple of years. We desperately need an energetic, youth-focused, center-left populist movement in American #politics and the Dems would be wise to stop taking this demographic for granted. It\u2019s the kind of mojo the party needs in full force right now."
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"name": "Link: Making the Dems Great Again (Bernie & AOC)",
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