Although most local pundits have been focusing on the announcement of new electric-assist bicycles being mixed in with the City’s bike share program, officials say that there will be even more variety of vehicles coming in order to accommodate all ages and skill levels.

Although details are still forthcoming, City transportation officials have confirmed that the main vendor for their RVA Bike Share program, Bewegen, has tentative deals with the Louis Marx-designed Big Wheel and Huffy, the maker of the Green Machine. More testing is expected before completing the roll-out:

This effort is an interesting contrast with Virginia cities’ long wrangling with California dockless scooter company Bird Rides Inc. This also raises the stakes for the upcoming launch of the Dodo vending machine electric pogo stick company.