For Kate Beckstrand, a special education teacher with Saint Paul Public Schools and a mother of two small children, driving as little as possible makes her world smaller. Kate Beckstrand pilots (from left) her daughter, Cece, 4, and son, Peter, 7, and a neighbor child on her RadWagon 4 Electric Cargo Bike (“I love it!”); photo provided. Accustomed to living with one car, and close to mass transit, they decided to share the old Toyota with friends and neighbors. Word quickly spread, and a car-sharing network of five households coalesced: “Some are single people, some families, some couples,” Kate explains. So has her fiancé, Metro Transit bus driver David Feldmann.

Source: Forbes May 26, 2023 13:01 UTC