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Staff in the City of Albany's main administration office are slowly cottoning on to the benefits of using the fleet e-Bike. A Technical Officer in Planning & Engineering Support Anthony Svanberg is a regular user of the e-Bike, using it for work meetings and for exercise, fresh air and amazing Albany scenery during his lunch break. Anthony especially enjoys the freedom and ease of the e-Bike.
"The best thing about the electric bike is it gets you a couple of kilometres down the road in any attire in about the same time as a car - no sweat! It opens up a lot of opportunities within most people’s not sweating threshold - saves time going out in normal clothes.
"The city centre is about 1.5km from the office and is that distance where it is too far to walk to lunch or a site visit, but driving a car feels silly. If you find a short cut or are going to where parking is at a premium, you can sometimes even beat a car. The opportunities to be sociable or get “me time” are a big win."
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Trevor
Hi Julie, what a great story about how the City of Albany have started using e-Bikes to get around! It sounds like the staff are starting to embrace it, and why not with scenery like that around the corner!
Report commentKylie (Your Move)
Hi Julie, it was great to read Anthony's highly relatable reasons for choosing an electric bike (and to see a picture of beautiful Albany).
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