E-bike rebates for Briarcrest and Ridgecrest residents from the Climate Commitment Act
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
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A map shows the 16 communities overburdened by air pollution identified by the Washington State Department of Ecology |
By Oliver Moffat
The city of Shoreline will receive a $670,893 grant from the Climate Commitment Act to improve air quality in parts of the Briarcrest and Ridgecrest neighborhoods that are overburdened by air pollution.
The city plans to use the grant to provide 100 e-bike and safety gear rebates to residents living within the neighborhood. Applications who are at or below 80% of the area median income level will be prioritized.
The grants are paid for by the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), Washington's market-based program that caps and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from Washington’s largest polluters. The CCA recently survived an initiative challenge by a wide margin.
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| A map from the state shows the neighborhoods north of NE 145th St, south of NE 165th St, east of 5th Ave NE and west of 25th Ave NE considered Overburdened Communities under the definition of the CCA. |
Parts of North Seattle and Shoreline were identified as one of 16 Overburdened Communities in Washington with high air pollution rates and a history of socio-economic injustice.
The state identified neighborhoods north of NE 145th St, south of NE 165th St, east of 5th Ave NE and west of 25th Ave NE as Overburdened Communities under the definition of the CCA.
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Your tax dollars at work. These e-bikes are going to end up in the hands of middle and high schoolers because their parents drive. Does pollution hover over Ridgecrest? Does anyone believe that? The Green New Deal has become just another transfer of wealth disguised as "helping the environment". Apparently pollution stops just before LFP.
While I do like to ride an electric bike upon occasion, the idea of being able to ride an electric bike (or any bike) during the winter weather in Shoreline, is not possible by many people. Look around! Only a few people are out riding their bikes when it's cold and rainy. The electric bike idea to reduce air pollution created by the many cars and trucks along NE 145th Street and along Lake City Way, and along 15th Ave NE, is really not realistic!! There are other ways that the grant $$ could be spent to help air quality in the Briarcrest/Ridgecrest area! Please don't waste this money on bikes that are not a reasonable solution to this problem. Thank you for reading this. Caryn Woodward, Briarcrest neighborhood, Shoreline, WA
The notion that Briarcrest and Ridgecrest are somehow "overburdened communities" with air pollution, to the exclusion of neighboring communities, is manifestly false.
These are the sorts of things that happen in a state ruled by one unaccountable party.
Now you all know how I feel when the state spends $5 billion on the latest highway expansion project ;)
rats - we live slightly north but would love to be able to use a bike instead of car to retrieve groceries from QFC and Safeway, drop off stuff at Goodwill, and use it to commute to light rail for work downtown. Longtime resident - weather doesn't get in the way!
so in average it cost over $6000 per bike/household? $2,000 can get you a very good e-bike. Even counting program administration, How does that make sense? Resident should be required to chip in at least 20% otherwise even if they got the bike, they wont use it plus this way more household could get rebate as more funds would be available.
So a pal did the math - the allowance looks to be ~ $6500 per bike. Even with safety equipment these are way overpriced. Has there been an arrangement with a bike builder to deliver a particular model at X dollars? Why not? Why aren't participants asked to put in a small %? 15% of the price would show a commitment to the program. Will they be resold? I could get an e-bike and then turn around and resell it?
Fewer than one percent of Americans bike to work or do errands by bike. Of those who do almost all of them live in major cities, are under twenty-five, and work within blocks of where they live. (census numbers)
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