Cities and states throughout the country are taking steps to make existing infrastructure more accommodating to those who prefer to pedal. Even in Detroit, a historic center of American car manufacturing and car culture, e-bikes are picking up speed. “It’s not just, do you have bike parking, but do you have bike parking that allows for storage of e-bikes and charging of e-bikes?” Neptune said. None of this is to say that cities have to obliterate car infrastructure to install bike-friendly routes. “Cities can build out almost their whole bike network for the cost of rebuilding one or two freeway interchanges,” Bigazzi said.