Program Overview

The remainder of the bikes will then be tuned up and moved to the next participating organization and the process repeated. [...] Participants had the option to take a bike for the duration of the cohort or to share a bike that was kept at the office. [...] The remainder of the 2nd, and 3rd year, surveys adapted from these originals were taken before participants received the bikes and at the end of the program. [...] The greatest challenges centered around the weight of the bike, the need for a tray style bike rack to transport it further afield, and the lack of connected safe cycling infrastructure that would encourage less experienced cyclists to ride more often. [...] As the program coordinator’s capacity for this project became more limited, and as the EAC’s transportation team assessed their priorities, it became clear that whilst the program was a great success and was of significant value to the community, it didn’t have to be the Ecology Action Centre running this type of program.