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Conor Ganly on a Bolt e-bike at the Leinster Express office in Portlaoise.
Laois County Council has announced that Portlaoise is set to get 20 more BOLT electric bikes.
The bike rental scheme was launched by the Council in conjunction with the National Transport Authority at the end of July. In August 8,489km was travelled which equates to 3,405 trips made. Initially 50 bikes were made available to local people at 40 locations around the county town.
The council say the aim is to boost connectivity and sustainable travel in and around Portlaoise, which is seeing a plethora of new bike lanes being installed, as part of funding for its national Pilot Low Carbon Town status in the National Development Plan.
The pedal-assisted electric bikes have a range of up to 60km on a single charge. Designed for short trips they have a maximum speed of 25kmph.
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