Denver Mobility Incentive Program News Today

A new report supports data on the effects of global climate change, finding that, within a one-year span starting in May 2023, the cause of frequent and intense heat waves was manmade. Additional data showed nearly 7 million people, or about 78% of the worlds population in more than 90 countries, had at least 31 days of extreme heat within that period. Bernadette Woods, vice president for engagement at Climate Central, said the impact is "overwhelming" and the world needs to ...

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira for Grist.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Colorado News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration At 11 a.m. on the last Wednesday of February, Denver opened the first application window of the year for its e-bike rebate program, which offers residents upfront rebates of $300 to $1,400 for a battery-powered bicycle. Within three minutes, all of the vouchers for low and moderate income applicants had been claime...

Denver’s e-bike voucher program that helps citizens pay for e-bikes, a component of the city’s carbon reduction plan, has proven extremely popular with residents. Earlier this year, Denver’s effort to get residents to swap some motor vehicle trips for bike trips ran out of vouchers in less than 10 minutes after the program opened to online applications.

The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles travelled per week.