No-cost e-bikes for eligible delivery workers
Program Overview
The San Francisco Environment Department (SFE) led a pilot program to transition delivery drivers to electric bikes (e-bikes). San Francisco-based delivery workers and small businesses were given e-bikes to use for their deliveries. The program assessed how e-bikes can make deliveries safer and faster, and if they helped delivery workers earn more money.
This program was inspired by the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission's Emerging Mobility Labor Study.
Phase One of the program was funded by the California Energy Commission and began in Spring 2023 and ended in Fall 2024. Phase Two of the program, funded by the United States Department of Energy, launched in Fall 2024.
The e-bike pilot program is currently inactive following the early conclusion of its federal grant funding. While formal operations have been paused, past participants continue to use the bikes for their delivery efforts, and SFE continues to pursue opportunities to advance mode shift in the City.
Please email GRID Alternatives at [email protected] if you have questions.
Program Partners
SFE partnered with GRID Alternatives and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
Program Reports
California Energy Commission E-bike Pilot for Deliveries Case Study