ESSENTIAL WHEELS™

Bike options for frontline and returning workers

When you return to work, you don't need to return to your old commute.



Our region's Essential Workers have  remained at the frontlines, working to make sure we are healthy and safe during the pandemic.

With the high cost of living in the San Francisco Bay Area, some of these workers are commuting from great distances where they've been able to find housing. Yet they have limited access to affordable, convenient, reliable transportation to get to and from their jobs around the Bay.

Other essential workers do live locally but must commute solo in their cars for a variety of reasons: work schedules, family responsibilities, gaps in infrastructure,

and lack of access to affordable, realistic alternatives.


Their commute is our commute.


For many of us, where we live and where we work are in different cities or counties.

For many of us, commuting by bicycle is not convenient.

Essential Wheels™ is a transformative program to provide access to e-bikes and pedal bike support for frontline and returning workers. Based on our outreach, needs analysis, and feasibility efforts with essential workers during shelter-in-place, our model comes at a time when many employers are unsure about how to meet the needs of a hybrid workplace.


Discover a new and better normal.

MODELS AVAILABLE

Judd Rev Folding Electric Bike

A folding e-bike to fit in your car and take on the train so you can get to work in a fresh new way!


This model has an aluminum external seat tube mounted battery with a top speed of 20 mph and battery range of up to 38 miles. This means you can ride it to work and back without having to charge it at your work.


Learn more about the model here.

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Collaborators and Sponsors

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Collaborators

We are honored to be collaborating with community institutions to help support essential workers during their participation in our program and beyond. From e-bike safety classes to connecting participants to rebates, we aim to help make transportation mode shift easier for the essential workforce.
Would having access to a pedal bike or e-bike make your commute easier?

If you are an essential worker in healthcare, education, food service, family care or first response, you may qualify to borrow a bike for free.

Consider subscribing to our newsletter to hear about program updates and to express your interest in participating.
INTEREST LIST


Bike Vendors

We collaborate with Good Karma Bikes and the Campus Bike Shop as a local brick and mortar service providers. These reputable transportation providers source our inventory, service the bikes, and have options available for participants who want to continue enjoying this way of getting to work.

THE SUBREGIONAL APPROACH

Addressing local needs of job centers at practical economies of scale

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