Do you know what one of the fastest – and least expensive – ways of travelling around Dundee is? The answer may surprise you.
You’ll maybe have already spotted Embark Dundee’s e-bikes around the city – at one of over 20 bike stations or being enjoyed by users on a trip.
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But what you maybe haven’t seen is how cost effective and efficient using e-bikes in the city can be: e-bikes could be the answer to quick and easy Dundee travel!
A faster and easier way to travel
Embark Dundee’s handy app makes picking up an e-bike quick and easy. Just check that your nearest station has an available bike, then use your phone to unlock it and off you go. And once you are finished, just return it to a docking station to close the trip.
While e-bikes can only go as fast as the speed limit allows, they have the added benefit that they aren’t restricted to the road, so minutes you can cut through parks or use cycle paths while drivers sit in rush hour queues and you can reach your destination minutes faster.
Sunny Dundee is Scotland’s sunniest city and electric bikes are a great way to travel around and view the city. They make cycling in all conditions easier and more enjoyable, especially using pedal assist to power up the cities numerous hills or into a coastal headwind.
Cost efficient journeys
If you are just visiting Dundee or not making regular trips to work, university or college, you can hop on a bike and pay as you go. For just £1, you can start a trip (there is also a 6p per mile charge for the first 20 miles of the journey) from any of the bike stations.
And if you make frequent trips around the city, there are subscription options that bring the price down even more!
You can join as a monthly or annual member and those subscriptions mean that the first 20 minutes of any journey will cost just 60p. After 20 minutes, the costs increase but are lower than the costs on the pay as you go option with the aim of rewarding those users who make regular use of the bikes
Here’s a few examples of recent journeys taken by users in Dundee to show how inexpensive and quick it can be:
- Baxter Park to Millers Wynd, Hawkhill
Journey time: 14 minutes
Cost: 60p (yearly subscriber) - Active Travel Hub, Waterfront Place to Gray Street, Broughty Ferry
Journey time: 22 minutes
Cost: 70p (monthly subscriber) - Millers Wynd, Hawkhill to Menzieshill Community Centre
Journey time: 19 minutes
Overall cost: £2.14 (pay as you go user).
Special offer for you
Embark Dundee now have a special promotion available for all users!
You just need to enter FREEMONTHLYPASS on the website or the app to get free monthly membership and £5 rider credit to spend on trips!
Bike stations in the community
Embark Dundee wants as many people as possible to have access to their e-bikes, which is why they are opening new stations in residential areas. Two of the most recently opened are in Menzieshill and Linlathen, with others planned in the coming months. The e-bike share scheme will have stations in all Dundee neighbourhoods in order to become the best option both for residents and visitors to commute and to enjoy their leisure time.
Other stations are located in Broughty Ferry, at Baxter Park and Dundee University and the Ride On Scotland team – the company appointed by Dundee City Council to run the Embark Dundee initiative – are looking at more user friendly locations to expand the scheme and create a network across the city.
E-bikes in Dundee: a greener way to travel!
With the upcoming Dundee Low Emission Zone, there’s never been a better time to start using green travel. But the costs of owning your own e-bike – from initially buying the bike to maintaining, and storing it – can put a lot of people off.
Through Embark Dundee, users can go green on bikes that are kept clean and in good working condition and available 24/7.
The bike stations are also fast chargers and they won’t allow bikes with less than 20% charge to be used, so you can have confidence you won’t be caught out mid-trip.
Find out more and see a full map of all the city’s bike stations at the Embark Dundee website.
