The Scooter Switch grant encourages riders to replace delivery bikes with electric ones across Islington, Hackney and Tower Hamlets
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The ‘Scooter Switch Grant’ will offer £200 off the cost of a new bike if businesses and riders swap their old mopeds and scooters for electric bikes.
The scheme is running across Islington, Hackney and Tower Hamlets,
Hackney Council made the announcement, hoping it will help to clean up air in the borough.
The Zero Emissions Network says the scheme allows riders and businesses to trial a new electric bike before purchasing.
They claim that because the electric bikes are cheaper to run and insure, the scheme could save riders and businesses up to £1400 a year.
Reducing emissions and noise
Councillor Feryal Demirci, Hackney’s Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Transport and Parks, told City News:
“This scheme is targeting businesses that use scooters for their deliveries.
“We are hoping that by encouraging them to make the transition to a cleaner mode of delivery, we will reduce emissions and noise in Hackney.
“It will also deliver a saving (for the business) as the cost of running a petrol scooter or moped is far higher than for an electric bike or cargo bike.”
Air quality in London
Cllr Demirci also explained to City News why she felt the scheme is important.
“The quality of air in our city is extremely poor, it’s causing 9,500 premature deaths in our city.
“This has a huge impact on the taxpayer.
“(This scheme) is no silver bullet but we need to make incremental changes to start to improve the quality of air in our borough (and) in our city.”
The Scooter Switch Grant is backed by funding from the City Hall’s London Air Quality Fund.
The Mayor of London’s office is targeting Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets in its attempts to reduce pollution on the city’s streets.
London Air statistics show that Mile End Road in Tower Hamlets, Holloway Road in Islington and Old Street in Hackney have all broken annual limits on dangerous pollutants in the air this year already.
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The ‘Scooter Switch Grant’ will offer £200 off the cost of a new bike if businesses and riders swap their old mopeds and scooters for electric bikes.
The scheme is running across Islington, Hackney and Tower Hamlets,
Hackney Council made the announcement, hoping it will help to clean up air in the borough.
The Zero Emissions Network says the scheme allows riders and businesses to trial a new electric bike before purchasing.
They claim that because the electric bikes are cheaper to run and insure, the scheme could save riders and businesses up to £1400 a year.
Reducing emissions and noise
Councillor Feryal Demirci, Hackney’s Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Transport and Parks, told City News:
“This scheme is targeting businesses that use scooters for their deliveries.
“We are hoping that by encouraging them to make the transition to a cleaner mode of delivery, we will reduce emissions and noise in Hackney.
“It will also deliver a saving (for the business) as the cost of running a petrol scooter or moped is far higher than for an electric bike or cargo bike.”
Air quality in London
Cllr Demirci also explained to City News why she felt the scheme is important.
“The quality of air in our city is extremely poor, it’s causing 9,500 premature deaths in our city.
“This has a huge impact on the taxpayer.
“(This scheme) is no silver bullet but we need to make incremental changes to start to improve the quality of air in our borough (and) in our city.”
The Scooter Switch Grant is backed by funding from the City Hall’s London Air Quality Fund.
The Mayor of London’s office is targeting Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets in its attempts to reduce pollution on the city’s streets.
London Air statistics show that Mile End Road in Tower Hamlets, Holloway Road in Islington and Old Street in Hackney have all broken annual limits on dangerous pollutants in the air this year already.
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