“We were expecting a couple hundred applications — for the entire year,” said Mike Salisbury, who then oversaw the e-bike rebate program as a city staffer. “But in two weeks, we received ten times that number.”
Really??? For free money?
“Since then, Denver has distributed close to 15,000 vouchers, or roughly one for every 40 adult residents. The city has lowered the standard rebate to $300 for an e-bike or $500 for an e-cargo bike, but new batches of vouchers are still snapped up like Oasis reunion tickets. In August, some 17,000 people scrambled to snag one of 220 vouchers. They were gone in seconds.”
“We were expecting a couple hundred applications — for the entire year,” said Mike Salisbury, who then oversaw the e-bike rebate program as a city staffer. “But in two weeks, we received ten times that number.”
Really??? For free money?
“Since then, Denver has distributed close to 15,000 vouchers, or roughly one for every 40 adult residents. The city has lowered the standard rebate to $300 for an e-bike or $500 for an e-cargo bike, but new batches of vouchers are still snapped up like Oasis reunion tickets. In August, some 17,000 people scrambled to snag one of 220 vouchers. They were gone in seconds.”