This Glorious Machine

Our cities don’t have to work like this and e-bikes show us a clear way out: every e-bike is a manifesto for lost common spaces, huge sidewalks with giant trees above and local shops within walking distance. Parks! Places you can sit down! Shade! Shelter! Not just an in-between place or a hurdle to circumnavigate between your job and your home, e-bikes argue for a city to be proud of instead. And isn’t that what tech was supposed to do, show us a way out?