Penticton bylaw officers and different municipal workers may quickly be doing patrols on electrical bikes.
City council at its assembly Tuesday can be requested to approve the acquisition of 4 e-bikes at a complete value of $21,000 after rebates.
The bikes could be utilized by bylaw officers, recycling ambassadors who do audits on residents’ waste bins, and different public works workers the place attainable.
“There are a number of occasions where transportation via bike can be incorporated into the work routines of certain staff who, traditionally, have used pickup trucks to perform their duties,” mentioned Len Robson, town’s public works supervisor, in a press launch Friday.
“By specifically purchasing cargo-style e-bikes that provide riders with power-assisted mobility and extra carrying capacity, traditional barriers involving steep terrain, personal endurance and poor storage for tools and equipment are effectively removed from the operational equation leading to a higher adoption of cycling as a viable mode of transportation for city employees.”
The transfer is being pushed partially by the rising value of gas-powered autos and gasoline itself, in addition to suggestions within the 2021 Community Climate Action plan to encourage energetic transportation and electrify the municipal fleet.
Penticton’s efforts to pale compared to these seen in Vernon, although.
Earlier this week, the City of Vernon introduced it had grow to be one of many first municipalities in B.C. to place into service a full-size, absolutely electrical tradespersons van, which may journey as much as 200 kilometres on a single cost.
Vernon’s municipal fleet additionally consists of six e-bikes, three electrical vehicles and one electrical utility-terrain car.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the City of Kelowna mentioned his neighborhood’s bylaw officers are nonetheless utilizing leg-powered bicycles, however the division is contemplating venturing down the e-bike path.