Capital Bikeshare e-bikes return

Capital Bikeshare e-bikes return as region promotes cycling amid pandemic

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Capital Bikeshare’s popular e-bikes will return to the Washington region’s streets Wednesday, more than a year after the pedal-assist vehicles were pulled due to reports of malfunctioning brakes.

Capital Bikeshare is rolling out “a few hundred” new e-bikes across its network this week and will gradually increase the number over the next four weeks until it hits 900 e-bikes in early August, officials said.

With the new bikes, Capital Bikeshare is taking its first step toward offering a dockless option, officials said. Riders will be able to use a lock incorporated into the e-bike to leave it anywhere outside a docking station. Capital Bikeshare said the dockless option should draw new users and help bring back regular riders who left during the pandemic.