June Churchill, Denver’s new "Bike Mayor," first became interested in bike advocacy in 2017 when she became independent from her parents.
"I was still using a car that they owned the title to, so I figured I didn’t want them to have that over me so I gave the car back, and then all of a sudden, I didn’t have a car," she said. "I was a poor college student, I did not have the funds to buy a car."
A student at University of Denver, she rode her longboard around campus. But after graduating, she realized riding a longboard for things like groceries and commuting was harder in the city at large than on a college campus. She got an e-bike rebate, bought an e-bike and rode it everywhere.
"That was fantastic. I could get around the city, I could visit my friends, I managed to land a job because I had the mobility of an e-bike," she said. "That kind of catapulted me out of poverty for a bit."
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