This summer, residents of Redmond, Bellevue, and Issaquah can apply to receive up to $2,000 off the purchase of a new e-bike.

https://www.redmond.gov/2537/E-Bike-Rebate-Program

https://bellevuewa.gov/city-government/departments/community-development/environmental-stewardship/transportation-electric-vehicles/pedal-forward-eastside

People from all 3 cities can apply from June 15 to June 29.

Recipients will be randomly selected.

To be notified when the application period opens, fill out this form

Is there a link on an official government website for this? Anyone can create one of these Microsoft questionnaires so it’s important people know this is legitimate especially since this is just asking for personal information

I don't know if it's state wide, but I know in Bremerton a law just went into effect that says ebikes or scooters than can do more than 20mph are now classified as motorcycles and therefore need plates and licensure

I guess I'm glad that I know this, but I have no idea where these places are

Seattle suburbs

You should consider posting this to !washington@lemmy.world, !seattle@lemmy.world, and !redmondwa@lemmy.world as well. I'm sure there are people there that would being most interested in learning of this.

There was a city agency that did this in Columbus Ohio. SMART Columbus.

They used tax money to subsidize ebikes for low income folks.

Turns up low income people don't need an expensive bike that they have nowhere to store securely and they can't use to transport their families.

Those that got them, turned around and sold them as quickly as possible.

This was a very DUMB way for the city to take a lot of taxpayer money, hand it to a brain-dead organization, pay the employees to organize everything, waste a lot of time to give low-income folks less money than if they would have just handed it out.

SMART Columbus: turning a lot of money, into a little money.