The new fees are an attempt to stop food delivery employees from “monopolizing” the bike share program’s e-bikes.
may have to pay a new fee to use the program’s e-bikes starting this spring, in part to deter food delivery riders from hogging the power-assisted two-wheelers.a new pricing structure for the bike-rental program that includes for the first time charging members $3 for a half-hour ride on an e-bike, as well as $7 for non-members. The program also plans to triple the number of available e-bikes to 1,850 in the next few months.
The bike share program, which operates at a loss — this year of $2.8 million — is subsidized with parking revenue. The new fees — which are expected to amount to $3.3 million — will go toward recovering costs, investing in expanding the system and adding more workers to relocate bikes so that there are fewer spots without bikes or with no space to dock a bike, Dea said.Bike Share triples in size
There will also be a reduced member pass available for low-income riders that will be linked to the TTC Fair Pass program. That will become available later this year.Delivery riders, however, fear the proposed new charge, which could start April 3, would “create devastating impacts for precarious workers who deliver by e-bike,” said Jennifer Scott, a courier and president of Gig Workers United.
Alison Stewart, coexecutive director of Cycling Toronto, urged the board to consider that the e-bike charge will add an extra burden to riders in the suburbs who may rely on multiple forms of transit and will have to now pay both an e-bike fee and a GO train or TTC fare.
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