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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Alex Crowe

A move to e-bikes to avoid parking costs has this Canberra family converted

Sharon and Adam Gray do most of their travel, with five-year-old son William, using two cargo e-bikes. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Sharon and Adam Gray are proof life in the capital without a reliance on a car is more than just possible. From their perspective, it's preferable.

Ms Gray works from home in Downer or from the Australian National University campus. Mr Gray works in the Parliamentary Triangle. The pair take turns picking their son William up from school in Majura. All that travel happens on two Dutch cargo e-bikes; the couple's car leaves the garage three or four times a month.

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